Mount Tabor (Oregon)

For the neighborhood of Portland surrounding Mount Tabor, see Mount Tabor, Portland, Oregon.

Downtown Portland, with Mount Tabor (center) and Mount Hood in the distance

Mount Tabor is an extinct[1][2] volcanic vent[3] with a city park on the volcano, located in Portland, Oregon's neighborhood of the same name. The name refers to Mount Tabor, Israel. It was named by Plympton Kelly, son of Oregon City pioneer resident Clinton Kelly.[4]

  1. ^ Jim E. O'Connor; Rebecca J. Dorsey; Ian P. Madin (May 14, 2012). Volcanoes to Vineyards: Geologic Field Trips Through the Dynamic Landscape. p. 260. ISBN 9780813700151. Retrieved December 10, 2012. All Boring volcanic centers are extinct, but the Boring Volcanic Field presumably is not. The most recent eruptions in Portland-Vancouver metropolitan area occurred ~100,000 years ago and the age of the youngest dated center, Beacon Rock at the east edge of the Boring Volcanic Field, is 57 ka.
  2. ^ Scott (May 14, 2012). "There's a volcano in the heart of Portland, Oregon". Quirky Travel Guy. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
  3. ^ "Mount Tabor Seismic Stability Analysis, Portland, Oregon". Portland, Oregon: Cornforth Consultants. 2009. Retrieved December 10, 2012. ... are built on the upper slopes of Mount Tabor, a dormant volcanic vent.
  4. ^ McArthur, Lewis A.; Lewis L. McArthur (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (Seventh ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. ISBN 0-87595-278-X.