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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 ]
Lassen National Forest is also the site of significant events in California history: Ishi Wilderness was the refuge of the "last wild Indian", [citation needed] Caribou Wilderness was one of the first protected "primitive areas" decades before the federal wilderness system was established, and the volcanic explosion of Mt. Lassen was the first ...
Location(s) Ref. Mount Lassen in Action: 1918 Mount Lassen: Jacques of the Silver North: 1919 Shasta County [19] The Barbarian: 1920 Shasta County [20] The Re-Creation of Brian Kent: 1925 Burney Falls, Pit River [21] The Treasure of Lost Canyon: 1965 Burney Falls: The Parson and the Outlaw: 1957 Burney Falls: Tarzan's Fight for Life: 1958 ...
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]
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The eruptions at the Chaos Crags mark one of just three instances of Holocene activity within the Lassen volcanic center. The cluster of domes is located north of Lassen Peak and form part of the southernmost segment of the Cascade Range in Northern California. Each year, a lake forms at the base of the Crags, and typically dries by the end of ...
Cinder Cone lies in Lassen and Shasta counties, in Northern California, within the United States.Located 1.5 mi (2.4 km) southwest of Butte Lake and 2.2 mi (3.5 km) southeast of Prospect Peak [1] (which dwarfs Cinder Cone), [2] it is also sometimes referred to as Black Butte or Cinder Butte. [1]