Lassen Peak

American  

[las-uhn] / ˈlæs ən /

noun

1. an active volcano in N California, in the S Cascade Range. 10,465 feet (3,190 meters).

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Lassen Peak British  

/ ˈlæsən /

noun

1. a volcano in S California, in the S Cascade Range. An area of 416 sq km (161 sq miles) was established as Lassen Volcanic National Park in 1916. Height: 3187 m (10 457 ft)

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Lassen Peak

Including a day at Crater Lake, our trip to and from Lassen Peak, the southernmost volcano in the Cascades, took six days.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 16, 2022

On this day 103 years ago, California's Lassen Peak exploded, creating a gigantic cloud that could be seen as far away as Eureka and Sacramento and sending volcanic ash as far away as 280 miles.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2018

But six other Cascade volcanoes have been active in the past 300 years, including steam eruptions at Mount Rainier and Glacier Peak and a 1915 blast at Lassen Peak that destroyed nearby ranches.

From Washington Times ● May 13, 2018

Redding is a largely uneventful place, best known as a gateway to the natural splendors of Lassen Peak and Mount Shasta.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 30, 2016

Near Lassen Peak, the southernmost of the great volcanoes of the Cascade Range, there lies another field of recent volcanic activity of even greater interest than the first.

From The Western United States A Geographical Reader by Harold W. (Harold Wellman) Fairbanks

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