GVP volcano 321030 · no holder yet
Rainier
Rainier is a 4,392 m stratovolcano in the United States, last erupted in 1450.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 4,392 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1450
- Largest known
- VEI 4, cataclysmic, 250 BCE
- Eruptions
- 20 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 46.85°N 121.76°W · United States
- Region
- High Cascades Volcanic Arc, North America Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 321030
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow USGS Volcano Hazards Program.