# Exotic Terranes—North Cascades near Ross Lake

- By: Daniel E. Coe, Washington Geological Survey, Washington DNR
- Date: 2025-11-12
- Classification: Photograph
- Credit line: https://www.flickr.com/photos/wastatednr/54920183893/
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Exotic_Terranes%E2%80%94North_Cascades_near_Ross_Lake.jpg)
- Rights: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
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- Who can see it: Kids profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

A LiDAR image of the North Cascades and Ross Lake. View pointed south from the US-Canada border. Mountains in view starting from the bottom left and going around the lake are: Hozomeen Mountain, Desolation Peak, Spratt Mountain, Jack Mountain, Ruby Mountain, Sourdough Mountain, Mount Prophet, and Mount Raeburn. The mountains are made up of four exotic terranes, the Hozomeen, Little Jack, Chelan Mountains, and Methow Terranes.