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This is a repost from the archives, an older post by Henrik which has been updated to reflect more recent findings. Did you know there are 255 volcanoes or volcanic features listed in the US?
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The Ossipee Mountains are an example of a “ring dike complex,” which forms when a magma chamber collapses. There was once a two-mile-tall volcano on Mount Desert Island, according to the ...
The USGS reported on May 30 that all volcanoes in the Cascade Range of Washington and Oregon, including Mount St. Helens, "are at normal background activity levels." ...
But it is far from the only volcano in the range. From southern British Columbia to Northern California, the Cascade Range comprises an 800-mile chain of volcanoes.
Also known as Lassen Peak, the mountain is the southernmost active volcano in the Cascade Range. It is located east of Redding, California, about 100 miles south of the Oregon border.
SEATTLE — Mount St. Helens stood silent for over a century in Washington’s Cascade Range, but that all changed 45 years ago when the sleeping giant woke up and erupted into Pacific Northwest ...
The USGS reported in 2023 that Mount St. Helens is the volcano in the Cascade Range that is "most likely to erupt again in our lifetimes," but the exact timing can't be predicted so far in advance.
The USGS reported in 2023 that Mount St. Helens is the volcano in the Cascade Range that is "most likely to erupt again in our lifetimes," but the exact timing can't be predicted so far in advance.