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Mount Shasta (/ ˈ ʃ æ s t ə / SHASS-tə; Shasta: Waka-nunee-Tuki-wuki; Karuk: Úytaahkoo) is a potentially active 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 .
May 4, 2024 · Mount Shasta, peak (14,162 feet [4,317 metres]) of the Cascade Range in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, northern California, U.S. The peak lies 77 miles (124 km) north of the city of Redding. An impressive double-peaked dormant volcano, it dominates the landscape (a vast panorama of tumbled
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Mt. Shasta is a majestic, steep-sided stratovolcano located about 97 km (60 mi) north of Redding along the I-5 corridor in Northern California. It is the most voluminous of all the Cascade Range volcanoes, and the towns of Weed, Mt Shasta City, and McCloud lie in the shadow of its 4,317 m (14,163 ft) high snow- and ice-clad edifice.
Sep 21, 2022 · The ancient tube extends over a mile underground and was formed by molten lava passing through tubes in older, hardened lava. The entrance, barely visible among the high desert plants that have taken root at the base of Mt Shasta, is a gaping foreboding hole that leads deep into the ground.
Massive Mount Shasta, the largest-volume volcano of the Cascade Range in northern California. It is seen here from the north, with Hotlum cone forming the summit and Shastina on the western flank. It is composed of at least four main edifices, of which the last two, Hotlum and Shastina, are of Holocene age.
Aug 20, 2019 · August 20, 2019. 4 min read. California’s Mount Shasta Loses a Historical Eruption. Clues from an old map erase a false 1786 event and are part of a global volcanic-record cleanup. By...
Mount Shasta, a 14,179-foot (4,322-meter) [1] stratovolcano, is the second-highest peak in the Cascade Range and the fifth highest peak in California.
