GVP volcano 323010 · no holder yet
Shasta
Shasta is a 4,317 m stratovolcano in the United States, last erupted in 1250.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 4,317 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1250
- Largest known
- VEI 4, cataclysmic, 7650 BCE
- Eruptions
- 22 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 41.41°N 122.19°W · United States
- Region
- High Cascades Volcanic Arc, North America Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 323010
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow USGS Volcano Hazards Program.