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Goat Rocks volcano

stratovolcano 2494 m / 8,182 ft
Washington, USA (mainland exept Alaska), 46.5°N / -121.45°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
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Typical eruption style: Explosive
Goat Rocks volcano eruptions: 3 million - ca. 500,000 years ago
TimeMag. / DepthDistanceLocation
Mon, 25 Sep
Mon, 25 Sep 10:23 UTCM 0.5 / 10.6 km14 km- 24km E of Eatonville, Washington
Sun, 24 Sep
Sun, 24 Sep 15:53 UTCM 0.2 / 0.4 km2 km- 26km NNW of Packwood, Washington
Sun, 24 Sep 15:50 UTCM 0.5 / 0.9 km1 km- 26km NNW of Packwood, Washington
Sun, 24 Sep 15:43 UTCM 1.0 / 0.6 km1 km- 26km NNW of Packwood, Washington
Sun, 24 Sep 15:33 UTCM 0.3 / 1.4 km1 km- 27km NNW of Packwood, Washington
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Goat Rocks is the center a deeply eroded, glaciated volcanic center of a volcanic field 30 km (18 miles) north of Mount Adams, Washnington, USA.

Background:

Volcanism began approximately 3.2 million years ago with eruption of at least 650 meters of high-silica rhyolite tuff, which is exposed on the east flank of the subsequent Goat Rocks volcano.
Goat Ricks volcano itself was probably build between ca 2.5 - 0.5 million years ago. It produced large volume lava flows, most notably the 1.0 million-year-old Tieton Andesite, which reached ca. 80 kilometers eastward. It is the longest known andesite flow on Earth.
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Source: Wood and Kienle, (eds.), 1990, Volcanoes of North America - United States and Canada: Cambridge University Press., cited on CVO website.


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