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"Slide Mountain Ocean" refers to the sea between the Slide Mountain microplate before it was subducted under what is now North America. Slide Mountain is a particular mountain somewhere in British Columbia, the result of the remnant of the Slide Mountain microplate which accreted onto the continent, becoming the Slide Mountain terrane, as the majority of the microplate was subducted. The west coast of Canada and Alaska has quite a complicated history of microplate subduction and accretion. My favorite is the "Insular Islands" microplate since the name is humorously redundant. [[User:Taibhse|Taibhse]] ([[User talk:Taibhse|talk]]) 04:01, 20 November 2014 (UTC) | "Slide Mountain Ocean" refers to the sea between the Slide Mountain microplate before it was subducted under what is now North America. Slide Mountain is a particular mountain somewhere in British Columbia, the result of the remnant of the Slide Mountain microplate which accreted onto the continent, becoming the Slide Mountain terrane, as the majority of the microplate was subducted. The west coast of Canada and Alaska has quite a complicated history of microplate subduction and accretion. My favorite is the "Insular Islands" microplate since the name is humorously redundant. [[User:Taibhse|Taibhse]] ([[User talk:Taibhse|talk]]) 04:01, 20 November 2014 (UTC) | ||
− | In New York alone, I am aware of at least 3 Slide Mountains;one is a High Peak in the Catskill Region, one is a peak of some prominance north of the Siamese Ponds Wilderness near 13th lake, and the other is south of Lake Placid. I would not be surprised if there were many more, in NY let alone. Big Slide, one of the Adirondack High Peaks, is named for its slide as well (the rumbling is said to have been heard for hundreds of miles when it occurred in 1839, IIRC). | + | In New York alone, I am aware of at least 3 Slide Mountains;one is a High Peak in the Catskill Region, one is a peak of some prominance north of the Siamese Ponds Wilderness near 13th lake, and the other is south of Lake Placid. I would not be surprised if there were many more, in NY let alone. Big Slide, one of the Adirondack High Peaks, is named for its slide as well (the rumbling is said to have been heard for hundreds of miles when it occurred in 1839, IIRC). |
Sliding is also another term for glissading (a common term among mountaineers and hikers), or a controlled slide descent in snown or on ice by sliding on your feet, belly or butt, often with an ice axe. | Sliding is also another term for glissading (a common term among mountaineers and hikers), or a controlled slide descent in snown or on ice by sliding on your feet, belly or butt, often with an ice axe. |