Mount Shasta
| Mount Shasta | |
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272px 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 |
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.
Description[edit | edit source]
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