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Pacific mountain system
Coast Mountains along the Torres Channel, an arm of Atlin Lake, northwestern British Columbia, Canada.
The Olympic Mountains are a segment of the Pacific mountain system in northwestern Washington. Their serrated peaks tower nearly 8,000 feet (2,440 meters) above Puget Sound and the Pacific Ocean.1
The highest point in the range is Mount Olympus, which reaches an elevation of 7,965 feet (2,428 meters).23