Wuksi Butte-Twin Lakes volcano
Updated: Aug 12, 2022 06:19 GMT - Refresh
Volcanic field 1590 m / 5217 ft
Oregon, United States, 43.77°N / -121.77°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
Oregon, United States, 43.77°N / -121.77°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
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Wuksi Butte-Twin Lakes volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)
Lastest nearby earthquakes: No recent earthquakes
Background
The Wuksi Butte-Twin Lakes volcanic field is a 7-km-long N-S trending chain SW of Lookout Mountain consisting of scoria cones at the north and three tuff rings up to 1 km in diameter at the south. At one time considered to be of probable Holocene age (Smith et al.1978), the chain is now thought to have last been active during the latest Pleistocene--lava flows are overlain by a well-developed soil beneath the Mazama ash, suggesting that the volcanic chain is considerably older than 6800 years before present (Scott et al., 1989).---
Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information
See also: Sentinel hub | Landsat 8 | NASA FIRMS
