GVP volcano 322040 · no holder yet
Sand Mountain Field
Sand Mountain Field is a 1,664 m volcanic field in the United States, last erupted around 950 BCE.
- Type
- Volcanic field (cluster landform)
- Summit
- 1,664 m above sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 950 BCE
- Largest known
- VEI 4, cataclysmic, 950 BCE
- Eruptions
- 2 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 44.38°N 121.93°W · United States
- Region
- High Cascades Volcanic Arc, North America Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 322040
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow USGS Volcano Hazards Program.