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Marble Mountain-Trout Creek Hill

Marble Mountain-Trout Creek Hill
West Crater LeeSiebert 107020.jpg
West Crater with associated lava flows
Highest point
Elevation492 to 4,521 ft (150 to 1,378 m)[1]
Coordinates45°54′N 122°00′W / 45.9°N 122.0°W [1]
Geography
LocationSkamania County, Washington,
United States
Parent rangeCascade Range[2]
Topo mapUSGS Bare Mountain
Geology
Age of rockless than 700,000 years[1]
Mountain typeVolcanic field[3]
Volcanic arc/beltCascade Volcanic Arc[2]
Last eruption~7,700 years BP[1]

Marble Mountain-Trout Creek Hill volcanic field (MMTC) is a volcanic field located in Washington, US.

Notable Vents

Name Elevation Coordinates Last eruption
Bare Mountain[1]
Marble Mountain[1] 4,127 ft (1,258 m)
Trout Creek Hill[3] 2,930 ft (893 m) 45°49′N 122°00′W / 45.817°N 122.000°W ~340,000 years ago
West Crater[1][3] 4,360 ft (1,329 m) 45°53′N 122°05′W / 45.88°N 122.08°W (West Crater) 5750 BC?

Trout Creek Hill

Trout Creek Hill is a small Pleistocene basaltic shield volcano in Washington, United States. It produced a lava flow about 340,000 years ago that traveled 20 km (12 mi) southeast, which dammed the Columbia River for a short period of time.[3]

West Crater

West Crater is a small andesitic lava dome with associated lava flows in southern Washington.[3]

See also

  • List of volcanoes in the United States

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Wood, Charles A.; Jűrgen Kienle (1993). Volcanoes of North America. Cambridge University Press. pp. 167–168. ISBN 0-521-43811-X.
  2. ^ a b "West Crater | Photo". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2009-01-15.
  3. ^ a b c d e "West Crater". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2007-05-13.


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