Cinder Cone
The peak of Mount Tabor is 636 feet (194 m) in elevation; about two-thirds of this is prominence since the surrounding land is about 200 feet (61 m) elevation.
| Mount Tabor Park | |
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| Location: | Roughly bounded by S.E. Division Street, S.E. 60th Avenue, S.E. Yamhill Street, and S.E. Mountainview Drive, Portland, Oregon |
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| Coordinates: | 45°30′41″N 122°35′39″W / 45.51139°N 122.59417°W / 45.51139; -122.59417Coordinates: 45°30′41″N 122°35′39″W / 45.51139°N 122.59417°W / 45.51139; -122.59417 |
| Built: | 1903 |
| Architect: | Emanuel Tillman Mische, Charles P. Keyser |
| Architectural style: | Late Victorian, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals |
| Governing body: | Local |
| NRHP Reference#: | 04001065 |
| Added to NRHP: | September 22, 2004 |
Near the peak, where a basketball court and outdoor amphitheater are now situated, part of the cinder cone has been cut away, and the rock is visible to park visitors. The remaining cinders were used to pave the nearby parking lot.
The Tabor cinder cone is part of the Boring Lava Field, an extensive network of cinder cones and small shield volcanoes ranging from Boring, Oregon to southwest Washington, and dating to the Plio-Pleistocene era. The lava field has been extinct for over 300,000 years. Three other cinder cones from this field also lie within the city of Portland: Rocky Butte, Powell Butte, and Kelly Butte.
Portland is one of three cities in the United States to have an extinct volcano (Mount Tabor) within its boundaries. Bend is the only other city in Oregon with a volcano within its city limits, with Pilot Butte. Jackson, Mississippi is the third U.S. city to contain a volcano. The volcanic nature of Mount Tabor became known in 1912, years after reservoirs and a public park were developed on it.
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