Mount Baker volcanic system

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Mount Baker volcanic system is an active stratovolcano complex in the North Cascades of Washington State, known for its prominent glaciated peak and ongoing geothermal activity centered around Sherman Crater.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf active volcano
stratovolcano complex
composition andesite
dacite
country United States of America
drainsTo Nooksack River basin NERFINISHED
Skagit River basin NERFINISHED
elevationOfHighestPeak_ft 10781
elevationOfHighestPeak_m 3286
eruptionStyle explosive
lava flows
hasActivity fumarolic degassing
geothermal heating of snow and ice
hydrothermal alteration
hasCrater Sherman Crater NERFINISHED
hasGeothermalActivity Sherman Crater fumarole field NERFINISHED
hasGlaciers Boulder Glacier NERFINISHED
Coleman Glacier NERFINISHED
Coleman-Deming Glacier system NERFINISHED
Deming Glacier NERFINISHED
Easton Glacier NERFINISHED
Mazama Glacier NERFINISHED
Park Glacier NERFINISHED
Rainbow Glacier NERFINISHED
Squak Glacier NERFINISHED
Talum Glacier NERFINISHED
Thunder Glacier NERFINISHED
hasMonitoringAgency Cascades Volcano Observatory NERFINISHED
Pacific Northwest Seismic Network NERFINISHED
U.S. Geological Survey NERFINISHED
hasPeak Mount Baker NERFINISHED
hazardType glacial outburst floods
lahars
pyroclastic flows
tephra fall
isOneOf northernmost major volcanoes in the Cascade Range
lastEruptionType phreatic eruption
lastSignificantEruptivePeriod mid-19th century
locatedIn North Cascades NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States

Washington
surface form: Washington State

Whatcom County, Washington NERFINISHED
nearbyCity Bellingham, Washington NERFINISHED
Vancouver, British Columbia NERFINISHED
partOf Cascade Volcanic Arc NERFINISHED
Pacific Ring of Fire
prominenceOfHighestPeak_m 2713
tectonicSetting Cascadia subduction zone NERFINISHED
volcanoType stratovolcano

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Boulder Glacier belongsTo Mount Baker volcanic system
Park Glacier partOf Mount Baker volcanic system
Sherman Crater partOf Mount Baker volcanic system