Mount Shasta
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stratovolcano in Siskiyou County, California, United States
Key facts
- Elevation
- 14,179 ft (4,322 m) , NAVD88
- Prominence
- 9,772 ft (2,979 m)
- Parent peak
- North Palisade
- Isolation
- 335 mi (539 km)
- Listing
- World most prominent peaks 96th North America highest peaks 48th North America prominent peak 18th US most prominent peaks 11th North America isolated peaks 28th US highest major peaks 34th California highest major peaks 5th California fourteeners 5th California county high points 5th
- Native name
- Waka-nunee-Tuki-wuki ( Shasta ) Úytaahkoo ( Karok )
- Location
- Shasta–Trinity National Forest , California , U.S.
- Parent range
- Cascade Range
- Topo map
- USGS Mount Shasta
- Formed by
- Subduction zone volcanism
- Rock age
- About 593,000 years
- Mountain type
- Stratovolcano
- Volcanic arc
- Cascade Volcanic Arc
- First ascent
- 1854 by E. D. Pearce and party
- Easiest route
- Avalanche Gulch ("John Muir") route: talus /snow climb
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain
- Named after
- Shasta people
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Siskiyou County
- Elevation
- 4322
- Image
- North face of Mount Shasta at sunset-2175.jpg
- Significant event
- first ascent
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- Mount Shasta
- topographic prominence
- 2977
- topographic isolation
- 539
- parent peak
- North Palisade
- volcano observatory
- California Volcano Observatory
- heritage designation
- National Natural Landmark
- located in protected area
- Shasta-Trinity National Forest
- different from
- Mount Shasta
- native label
- Mount Shasta
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Encyclopedic overview
Mount Shasta (/ˈʃæstə/ SHASS-tə; Shasta: Waka-nunee-Tuki-wuki; Karuk: Úytaahkoo) is a potentially active stratovolcano 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. Mount Shasta has an estimated volume of 85 cubic miles (350 cubic kilometers), which makes it the most voluminous stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc. The mountain and surrounding area are part of the Shasta–Trinity National Forest.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mount Shasta” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.