Eruption of Medicine Lake
3090 BCE · 41.61° N, 121.55° W
Medicine Lake Volcano is a large shield volcano in northeastern California about 30 mi (50 km) northeast of Mount Shasta. The volcano is located in a zone of east–west crustal extension east of the main axis of the Cascade Volcanic Arc and the Cascade Range.
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What the records say
- When
- 3090 BCE
- Kind
- Volcanic eruption
- Coordinates
- 41.61° N, 121.55° W
- Vent
- SE caldera rim
- Dated by
- Isotopic: 14C (calibrated)
- Volcano number
- 323020
- Eruption number
- 20640
Medicine Lake Volcano
Shield volcano in northeastern California, United States
Medicine Lake Volcano is a large shield volcano in northeastern California about 30 mi (50 km) northeast of Mount Shasta. The volcano is located in a zone of east–west crustal extension east of the main axis of the Cascade Volcanic Arc and the Cascade Range. The 0.6 mi (1 km) thick shield is 30 mi (50 km) from east to west and 50 mi (80 km) from north to south, and covers more than 800 sq mi (2,200 km2).
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The source
- Smithsonian GVP Volcanoes of the World: Holocene eruptionsGlobal Volcanism Program, Smithsonian InstitutionSmithsonian terms of use: personal, educational and non-commercial use, with creditGlobal Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution: Volcanoes of the World v5.3, https://doi.org/10.5479/si.GVP.VOTW5-2025.5.3Source page