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The Cascade Range or Cascades is a major mountain range of western North America, extending from southern British Columbia through Washington and Oregon to Northern California. It includes both non-volcanic mountains, such as many of those in the North Cascades , and the notable volcanoes known as the High Cascades .
Mount Shasta (/ ˈʃæstə / SHASS-tə; Shasta: Waka-nunee-Tuki-wuki; [5] Karuk: Úytaahkoo) [6] is a potentially active [7] volcano at the southern end of the Cascade Range in Siskiyou County, California. At an elevation of 14,179 ft (4,322 m), it is the second-highest peak in the Cascades and the fifth-highest in the state.
The Cascade Volcanoes (also known as the Cascade Volcanic Arc or the Cascade Arc) are a number of volcanoes in a volcanic arc in western North America, extending from southwestern British Columbia through Washington and Oregon to Northern California, a distance of well over 700 miles (1,100 km). The arc formed due to subduction along the ...
The Shasta Cascade region of California is located in the northeastern and north-central sections of the state bordering Oregon and Nevada, [1] including far northern parts of the Central Valley [citation needed] and the Sierra Nevada mountain range.
The Cascadia subduction zone is a 960 km (600 mi) fault at a convergent plate boundary, about 100–200 km (70–100 mi) off the Pacific coast, that stretches from northern Vancouver Island in Canada to Northern California in the United States. It is capable of producing 9.0+ magnitude earthquakes and tsunamis that could reach 30 m (98 ft).
Lassen Peak (/ ˈlæsən / 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. Located in the Shasta Cascade region above the northern Sacramento Valley, it is the southernmost active volcano in the Cascade Range of the Western United States ...
Highest point; Elevation: 9,239 ft (2,816 m) NAVD 88 [1] Prominence: 915 ft (279 m) [1] Listing: California county high points 17th: Coordinates: 2]: Geography; Location: Shasta / Tehama counties, California, U.S.: Parent range: Cascade Range: Topo map: USGS Lassen Peak: Geology; Mountain type: Eroded stratovolcano: Volcanic arc: Cascade Volcanic Arc: Climbing; Easiest route: Hike: Former ...
The Cascade–Siskiyou National Monument is a United States national monument that protects 114,000 acres (46,134 ha) [1] of forest and grasslands at the junction of the Cascade Range and the Siskiyou Mountains in Southwestern Oregon and Northwestern California, United States. The monument is managed by the Bureau of Land Management as part of ...