Mount Octopus is a peak in the western

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foothills, in

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a few miles from Olympic Corrections Center. The

Snahapish River The Snahapish River is a river in the U.S. state of Washington. It is a tributary of the Clearwater River, which in turn flows into the Queets River. The Snahapish River is long. ArcExplorer GIS data viewer. Its drainage basin is in area. Arc ...

is at the base of the mountain to its east. The peak had a fire lookout active from 1957 to 1974. It was removed from its tower by Corrections Center inmates in preparation to move it to the Forks Timber Museum, but it burned before being moved. In September 2000, a repeater radio station was installed at the summit for

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. It filled gaps in emergency coverage for communities on the

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, many of whom had no radio coverage from Puget Sound transmitters, and for oceangoing craft near the Pacific coast of Washington. Its purpose was especially to issue tsunami warnings.

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Octopus An octopus ( : octopuses or octopodes, see below for variants) is a soft-bodied, eight- limbed mollusc of the order Octopoda (, ). The order consists of some 300 species and is grouped within the class Cephalopoda with squids, cuttle ...

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