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Medicine Lake

Medicine Lake is a 2,412 m shield volcano in the United States, last erupted in 1060.

Type
Shield
Summit
2,412 m above sea level
Rock
Basalt / Picro-Basalt
Setting
Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
Last eruption
1060
Largest known
VEI 3, severe, 1060
Eruptions
9 confirmed in the record
Where
41.61°N 121.55°W · United States
Region
High Cascades Volcanic Arc, North America Volcanic Regions
Record
Global Volcanism Program, volcano 323020

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