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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.
The last remaining part was the Lassen Chalet, located near the southwest entrance, which was finally demolished in 2005. [12] The new Kohm Yah-mah-nee Visitor Center opened to the public at the same location in 2008. [13] It was so named after the Mountain Maidu name for Lassen Peak. [13]
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]
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 ...
As part of Mount Tehama's main vent, Bumpass Hell is the result of fissures that tap the volcanic heat, thought to be a cooling mass of andesite, perhaps three miles (5 km) below the surface. It is named after Kendall Vanhook Bumpass, a cowboy and early settler who worked in the Lassen Peak area in the 1860s. Bumpass discovered the geothermal ...
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.
With the exception of the 1915 eruption of remote Lassen Peak in Northern California, the range was quiet for more than a century. Then, on May 18, 1980, the dramatic eruption of Mount St. Helens shattered the quiet and brought the world's attention to the range. Geologists were also concerned that the St. Helens eruption was a sign that long ...
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 ...