Snow Mountain (Shasta County, California)

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Snow Mountain
Snow Mountain (Shasta County, California)
Highest point
Elevation 6,814 ft (2,077 m)
Coordinates 40°45′48″N121°47′50″W / 40.76333°N 121.79722°W / 40.76333; -121.79722
Geology
Mountain type Stratovolcano [1]
Last eruption Pleistocene

Snow Mountain, located in Shasta County, California, is an extinct stratovolcano in the Cascade Range. [1]

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Geography

Snow Mountain is located northwest of Magee Peak and Latour Butte, southwest of Burney Mountain, west of Freaner Peak, northeast of Redding, California, east of Shasta Lake, and southeast of Mount Shasta. [1]

Geology

Snow Mountain is one of older stratovolcanoes that predates Lassen Peak, one of the current volcanoes in the area. [2] Snow Mountain has been eroded, and along with two other peaks, Green Mountain and Clover Mountain, they make up the stratovolcano. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Snow Mountain". Global Volcanism Program . Smithsonian Institution.
  2. ↑ Lassen Volcanic Center (24 October 2023). "Eruption History of the Lassen Volcanic Center and Surrounding Region". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
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