Eruption of Medicine Lake
780 · 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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Ce que disent les sources
- Quand
- 780
- Type
- Éruption volcanique
- Coordonnées
- 41.61° N, 121.55° W
- Date uncertainty
- year uncertain
- Vent
- NE caldera rim (Mt. Hoffman area)
- Dated by
- Isotopic: 14C (calibrated)
- Volcano number
- 323020
- Eruption number
- 20644
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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La 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.VOTW5-2025.5.3Page source