Mount Shasta | |
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Aerial view o Mount Shasta frae the wast | |
Heichest pynt | |
Elevation | 14,179 ft (4,322 m) [2] NAVD88 |
Prominence | 9,772 ft (2,979 m) [1] |
Isolation | 335 mi (539 km) [1] |
Paurent peak | North Palisade[1] |
Leetin | |
Coordinates | 41°24′33″N 122°11′42″W / 41.409196033°N 122.194888358°WCoordinates: 41°24′33″N 122°11′42″W / 41.409196033°N 122.194888358°W [2] |
Geografie | |
Location | Siskiyou Coonty, Californie, U.S. |
Parent range | Cascade Range |
Topo map | USGS Mount Shasta |
Geology | |
Age o rock | About 593,000 years |
Muntain teep | Stratovolcano |
Volcanic arc | Cascade Volcanic Arc |
Last eruption | 1786[3] |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1854 by E. D. Pearce and party[4] |
Easiest route | Avalanche Gulch ("John Muir") route: talus/snaw climb[4] |
U.S. Naitional Natural Laundmerk | |
Designatit | 1976 |
Mount Shasta (Karuk: Úytaahkoo or "White Muntain")[5][6] is a potentially active volcano at the soothren end o the Cascade Range in Siskiyou Coonty, Californie. At a elevation o 14,179 feet (4321.8 m), it is the seicont heichest peak in the Cascades an the fift heichest in Californie. Mount Shasta haes a estimatit volume o 85 cubic mile (350 km3), which maks it the maist voluminous stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc.[7][8]
The muntain an its surroondin aurie are managit bi the U.S. Forest Service as pairt o the Shasta–Trinity National Forest.