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Lassen Peak (/ ˈ l æ s ə n / LASS-ən), [3] commonly referred to as Mount Lassen, is a 10,457 ft (3,187 m) lava dome volcano in Lassen Volcanic National Park in Northern California.
Lassen Volcanic National Park is one of the few areas in the world where all four types of volcanoes can be found: plug dome, shield, cinder cone, and stratovolcano. [ 4 ] The source of heat for the volcanism in the Lassen area is subduction of the Gorda Plate diving below the North American Plate off the Northern California coast. [ 5 ]
Mount Tehama (also called Brokeoff Volcano or Brokeoff Mountain) is an eroded andesitic stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc and the Cascade Range in Northern California. Part of the Lassen volcanic area , its tallest remnant, Brokeoff Mountain, is itself the second highest peak in Lassen Volcanic National Park and connects to the park's ...
The Lassen volcanic area presents a geological record of sedimentation and volcanic activity in and around Lassen Volcanic National Park in Northern California, U.S. The park is located in the southernmost part of the Cascade Mountain Range in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.
Cinder Cone is in Lassen Volcanic National Park. Cinder Cone is a 700 ft (210 m)-high volcanic cone of loose scoria. [5] The youngest mafic volcano in the Lassen volcanic center, [6] it is surrounded by unvegetated block lava and has concentric craters at its summit, [5] which have diameters of 1,050 ft (320 m) and 590 ft (180 m). [3]
Located 2 miles (3.2 km) to the north of Lassen Peak, they have an elevation of about 8,448 feet (2,575 m). [1] The Lassen Volcanic National Park area is surrounded by the Lassen National Forest, [4] which has an area of 1,200,000 acres (4,900 km 2). [5] Nearby towns include Mineral in Tehama County and Viola in Shasta County. [6]
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Hat Creek (Achumawi: Hatiwïwi) [4] is a 48.7-mile-long (78.4 km) [5] stream and tributary of the Pit River, which is located in Shasta County of northern California.. The creek rises in two forks on the eastern slopes of Lassen Peak in Lassen Volcanic National Park, and flows northward through Lassen National Forest to its mouth at Lake Britton near Burney, California.