Medicine Lake Volcano

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Quaternary volcano active volcano shield volcano

Medicine Lake Volcano is a large, shield-shaped volcano in northeastern California known for its extensive lava flows and location within the Cascade Volcanic Arc.

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Observed surface forms (11)

Surface form Occurrences
Glass Mountain (Medicine Lake Volcano) 2
Medicine Lake volcano 2
Glass Mountain lava flow 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Quaternary volcano ⓘ
active volcano ⓘ
shield volcano ⓘ
age more than 500,000 years ⓘ
calderaDiameter approximately 7 km by 12 km ⓘ
elevation approximately 2412 m ⓘ
approximately 7917 ft ⓘ
eruptiveProducts lava flows ⓘ
obsidian flows ⓘ
pyroclastic deposits ⓘ
hasEruptionStyle effusive ⓘ
explosive ⓘ
hasFeature caldera ⓘ
hasGeothermalActivity yes ⓘ
hasGlacialFeature paternoster lakes in caldera ⓘ
hasHazard lava flows ⓘ
pyroclastic flows ⓘ
tephra fall ⓘ
volcanic gas emissions ⓘ
hasLavaFlow Callahan flow ⓘ
Medicine Lake Volcano self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Glass Mountain lava flow

Medicine Lake Volcano self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Little Glass Mountain lava flow

Medicine Lake Volcano self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Medicine Lake Glass Flow
hasObsidianDome Glass Mountain ⓘ
Little Glass Mountain ⓘ
hasProtectedArea Medicine Lake Recreation Area ⓘ
hasSummitFeature Medicine Lake ⓘ
hasTectonicSetting back-arc setting east of main Cascade axis ⓘ
isConsidered one of the largest volcanoes in the Cascade Range by volume ⓘ
isLargerThan Mount Shasta ⓘ
surface form: Mount Shasta (by volume)
isNorthOf Mount Shasta ⓘ
isWithin Modoc National Forest ⓘ
Shasta-Trinity National Forest ⓘ
lastEruption approximately 1000 years ago ⓘ
lastEruptionPeriod Holocene ⓘ
locatedIn California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Modoc County, California ⓘ
Siskiyou County, California ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
monitoredBy USGS California Volcano Observatory ⓘ
United States Geological Survey ⓘ
partOf Cascade Range ⓘ
Cascade Volcanic Arc ⓘ
rockType andesite ⓘ
basalt ⓘ
dacite ⓘ
rhyolite ⓘ
volcanoType basaltic-andesitic shield volcano ⓘ
volume greater than 600 km3 ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Callahan flow → associatedWith → Medicine Lake Volcano ⓘ
Little Glass Mountain → belongsToVolcanicField → Medicine Lake Volcano ⓘ
this entity surface form: Medicine Lake volcanic field
Medicine Lake Volcano → hasLavaFlow → Medicine Lake Volcano self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Glass Mountain lava flow
Medicine Lake Volcano → hasLavaFlow → Medicine Lake Volcano self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Little Glass Mountain lava flow
Medicine Lake Volcano → hasLavaFlow → Medicine Lake Volcano self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Medicine Lake Glass Flow
Medicine Lake Recreation Area → hasNearbyFeature → Medicine Lake Volcano ⓘ
this entity surface form: Medicine Lake volcano caldera
Cascade Volcanic Arc → hasVolcano → Medicine Lake Volcano ⓘ
Little Glass Mountain → isOnFlankOf → Medicine Lake Volcano ⓘ
Glass Mountain → isPartOf → Medicine Lake Volcano ⓘ
this entity surface form: Medicine Lake Volcano edifice
Little Glass Mountain → isPartOf → Medicine Lake Volcano ⓘ
this entity surface form: Medicine Lake Volcano summit area
Little Glass Mountain → isYoungerThan → Medicine Lake Volcano ⓘ
this entity surface form: Glass Mountain (Medicine Lake Volcano)
Callahan flow → locatedIn → Medicine Lake Volcano ⓘ
Little Glass Mountain → locatedIn → Medicine Lake Volcano ⓘ
Medicine Lake Recreation Area → locatedOn → Medicine Lake Volcano ⓘ
this entity surface form: Medicine Lake volcano
USGS California Volcano Observatory → monitors → Medicine Lake Volcano ⓘ
this entity surface form: Medicine Lake volcano
Little Glass Mountain → near → Medicine Lake Volcano ⓘ
this entity surface form: Glass Mountain (Medicine Lake Volcano)
Callahan flow → partOf → Medicine Lake Volcano ⓘ
this entity surface form: Medicine Lake Volcano volcanic field
Glass Mountain → volcanicField → Medicine Lake Volcano ⓘ
Callahan flow → volcanicSystem → Medicine Lake Volcano ⓘ
this entity surface form: Medicine Lake volcanic system