Medicine Lake Highlands

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volcanic field volcanic plateau

Medicine Lake Highlands is a volcanic plateau in northeastern California characterized by extensive lava flows, cinder cones, and the large Medicine Lake shield volcano.

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Medicine Lake Highlands canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf volcanic field ⓘ
volcanic plateau ⓘ
age Quaternary ⓘ
characterizedBy cinder cones ⓘ
extensive lava flows ⓘ
shield volcano morphology ⓘ
climate continental with snowy winters ⓘ
contains Medicine Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ
Medicine Lake Volcano ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
elevation approximately 2400 meters at highest points ⓘ
geologicalFeature shield volcano ⓘ
hasAccessVia forest roads ⓘ
hasFeature lava plateaus ⓘ
lava tubes ⓘ
pyroclastic cones ⓘ
spatter cones ⓘ
hasMainVolcano Medicine Lake Volcano ⓘ
hasVegetationType coniferous forest ⓘ
subalpine meadows ⓘ
hasVolcanicActivityType cinder cone eruptions ⓘ
effusive eruptions ⓘ
fissure eruptions ⓘ
lastEruptionPeriod Holocene ⓘ
locatedIn California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

northeastern California ⓘ
managedBy U.S. Forest Service ⓘ
surface form: United States Forest Service
monitoredBy USGS California Volcano Observatory ⓘ
surface form: California Volcano Observatory

United States Geological Survey ⓘ
near Mount Shasta ⓘ
overlies Modoc Plateau ⓘ
partlyWithin Modoc National Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shasta-Trinity National Forest ⓘ
partOf Cascade Range ⓘ
Cascade Volcanic Arc ⓘ
rockType andesite ⓘ
basalt ⓘ
dacite ⓘ
tectonicSetting subduction-related arc volcanism ⓘ
usedFor camping ⓘ
fishing at Medicine Lake ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
volcanicHazardLevel potentially active ⓘ
volcanicProvince Cascade Range volcanic province ⓘ
surface form: Cascade Volcanic Province

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

Medicine Lake Recreation Area → partOf → Medicine Lake Highlands ⓘ
Glass Mountain → locatedIn → Medicine Lake Highlands ⓘ
Medicine Lake → partOf → Medicine Lake Highlands ⓘ