Black Butte Volcano
Updated: Apr 26, 2024 23:15 GMT -
Stratovolcano 1962 m / 6437 ft
Oregon, United States, 44.4°N / -121.63°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
Oregon, United States, 44.4°N / -121.63°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
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Black Butte volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)
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Background
Black Butte is prominent small stratovolcano east of Cascade Range crest. Despite its youthful profile, Black Butte is older than many other Cascade Range stratovolcanoes because of its position in a rain shadow to the east. Potassium-Argon dates average around 0.45 million years ago (Taylor, 1981). A NW-SE-trending chain of Pleistocene cinder cones lie east of Black Butte, and other Pleistocene cinder cones lie to the south.---
Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information
Black Butte Volcano Photos
Life and lava (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Black cat from Nisyros (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Multiple mirrors formed by pebbles. (c)
Waves hit the beach pebble of Vlyhada beach (Photo: Tobias Schorr)