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Highest point; Elevation: 492 to 4,521 ft (150 to 1,378 m) [1] Coordinates: 1]: Geography; Location: Skamania County, Washington, United States: Parent range: Cascade Range [2]: Topo map: USGS Bare Mountain: Geology; Rock age: less than 700,000 years [1]: Mountain type: Volcanic field [3]: Volcanic arc: Cascade Volcanic Arc [2]: Last eruption: ~7,700 years BP [1]: Marble Mountain-Trout Creek ...
The Juan de Fuca tectonic plate is being subducted under the North American Plate, leading to volcanic activity in the Cascades like at West Crater. In southern Washington state, the Cascade Range, which sits south of the dacitic Garibaldi Volcanic Belt, spans 600 miles (970 km) from British Columbia in Canada to Lassen Peak in northern California in the United States.
Over 400 earthquakes have been detected beneath Washington's Mount St. Helens in recent months, though there are no signs of an imminent eruption.
A mudslide buried part of State Route 504 on Mount St. Helens on May 14, deputies said. The debris forced the 12 people and the animal to wait until the morning to be airlifted from the area ...
The east side of Mount Baker in 2001. Sherman Crater is the deep depression south of the summit. Mount Baker (Nooksack: Kweq' Smánit; Lushootseed: təqʷubəʔ), [9] also known as Koma Kulshan or simply Kulshan, is a 10,781 ft (3,286 m) active [10] glacier-covered andesitic stratovolcano [4] in the Cascade Volcanic Arc and the North Cascades of Washington State in the United States.
The center was formerly operated by the U.S. Forest Service and has been operated by Washington State Parks since October 2007. [5] Exhibits include the area's culture and history, and the natural history and geology of the volcano and the eruption, including the recovery of the area's vegetation and animal life.