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  2. Mount Baker - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Sherman Crater - Wikipedia

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    During recorded history, eruptions at Mount Baker have mainly occurred from Sherman Crater. The earliest historical eruption took place in 1843, with more recent eruptions having occurred in 1852–1853, 1854, 1858, 1859–1860, 1863, 1870 and 1880. These eruptions ranked 2 and 3 on the Volcanic Explosivity Index. Possible but unconfirmed ...

  4. Kulshan caldera - Wikipedia

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    Formation of the caldera about 1.149 [3] million years ago was accompanied by the largest eruption in the history of the Mount Baker volcanic field. [4] The eruption was subglacial, blasting upward through the continental ice sheet. [1] Over 124 km 3 [5] (29.7 cubic miles) of rhyodacite magma erupted from a shallow magma chamber in an ultra ...

  5. Cascade Volcanic Arc calderas - Wikipedia

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    The only volcanoes known to have produced eruptions within the VEI 7 range are Crater Lake, the Mt. Baker Volcanic Field, and the Lassen Volcanic Center. All of the exceptionally large caldera-forming eruptions within the cascades erupted silica-rich magmas, with the three VEI 7s erupting mainly rhyodacite and rhyolite .

  6. List of mountain peaks of California - Wikipedia

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    Mount Whitney is the highest mountain peak in the Sierra Nevada, the State of California, and the contiguous United States. This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks [a] of the U.S. State of California. The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways:

  7. List of California state forests - Wikipedia

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    Las Posadas State Forest: 796 acres (3.22 km 2) Napa: Angwin [2] LaTour Demonstration State Forest: 9,033 acres (36.56 km 2) Shasta: Redding: 1949 [4] Mount Zion Demonstration State Forest: 164 acres (0.66 km 2) Amador - 1981 [2] Mountain Home Demonstration State Forest: 4,807 acres (19.45 km 2) Tulare: Springville: 1946 [5] Soquel ...

  8. Last moments before Mount St. Helens eruption caught on camera

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    Mount St. Helens, once the fifth-tallest peak in Washington State, lost about 1,300 feet from its height of 9,677, according to the USGS. The highest part of the crater rim on the southwestern ...

  9. Black Buttes - Wikipedia

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    The Black Buttes represent the remains of a large stratovolcano that was once located in the approximate location of its neighbor, Mount Baker. Black Buttes lies about 2 miles (3 km) from Mount Baker, [3] between Baker and the middle fork of Nooksack River, [4] in Whatcom County, Washington state. [2] [5] [6]

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