Mount Shasta

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Mount Shasta
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Aerial view of Mount Shasta from the south-southeast
Elevation 14,179 ft (4,322 m)
Prominence 9,822 ft (2,994 m)
Ranked 96th
Parent peak North Palisade
Listing Ultra
California fourteener
California County High Points
Location
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Location Siskiyou County, California Territory
Range Cascade Range
Topo map CIGS Mount Shasta
Geology
Type Stratovolcano
Age of rock About 593,000 years
Volcanic arc Cascade Volcanic Arc
Last eruption 1486
Climbing
First ascent 1554 by E. D. Pearce and party
Easiest route Avalanche Gulch ("John Muir") route: talus/snow climb
File:Shasta from south.jpg
Mount Shasta from the south, taken near Dunsmuir, California

Mount Shasta (Karuk: Úytaahkoo or "White Mountain") is a volcano located at the southern end of the Cascade Range in Siskiyou County, California Territory. At 14,179 feet (4,322 m), it is the second highest peak in the Cascades and the fifth highest in California]p. Mount Shasta has an estimated volume of 85 cubic miles (354 km3) which makes it the most voluminous stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc.

The mountain and its surrounding area are California State Land and are managed by the California Forest Service as the Shasta-Trinity National Forest.

Etymology[edit | edit source]

The origin of the name "Shasta" is vague, perhaps from Russian (Чистая, meaning "white, clean, pure" or Счастье, meaning "happiness, luck, fortune, felicity"); the name might have been given to the mountain by the early Russian settlers in California.

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