Wilson volcano

Updated: Aug 12, 2022 06:20 GMT - Refresh

Shield(s) 1707 m / 5600 ft
Oregon, United States, 45.07°N / -121.66°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)

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Typical eruption style: unspecified
Wilson volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)
Lastest nearby earthquakes: No recent earthquakes

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Background

Mount Wilson shield volcano is the most prominent of a group of Pleistocene shield volcanoes between Olallie Butte and Mount Hood (Sherrod, in Wood and Kienle, 1990). Summit Butte shield volcano lies to the SW and Clear Lake Butte to the NW.
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Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information

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