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About 3 million years ago, the southern limit of active volcanoes in the Cascades corresponded to the Yana Volcanic Center 19 mi (30 km) to the south of Lassen Peak, but currently the southern edge of the Lassen Volcanic National Park now marks the same border, indicating that the Cascade Arc's southern end migrates at a rate of 0.4 to 1 in (1. ...
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 ]
Highest point; Elevation: 6,896 ft (2,102 m) NGVD 29 [1] Coordinates: 1]: Geography; Location: Lassen and Shasta counties, California, U.S.: Parent range: Cascade Range: Topo map: USGS Prospect Peak: Geology; Mountain type: Extinct Cinder cone: Volcanic arc: Cascade Volcanic Arc: Last eruption: 1666: Climbing; Easiest route: Trail hike: Cinder Cone is a cinder cone volcano in Lassen Volcanic ...
They lie in the northwest corner of the Lassen Volcanic National Park, in Shasta County. [1] 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]
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.
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 ...
Lake Helen is a glacial lake or a tarn occupying a cirque at around 8,200 feet (2,500 m) in Lassen Volcanic National Park. [1] The lake is located to the south of Lassen Peak and west of Bumpass Mountain in the Shasta Cascades region of Northern California. Highway 89 runs along the lake's southern and eastern shore. [2]
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.