A shallow but wide 7x12 km 4 3x7 5 mi caldera basin containing its namesake lake is located at the summit of the volcano. Also known as the medicine lake highlands this volcanic region covers a total area of about 2 200 km 2 850 mi 2 extending approximately 80 km 50 mi north south and 50 km 30 mi east west.
It contains a 12 km x 7 km wide caldera.
Medicine lake volcano. The massive medicine lake volcano in ne california seen here from the ne is a 50 km wide shield volcano that is truncated by a 7 x 11 km wide caldera. Medicine lake is a large shield volcano in northeastern california about 50 km 30 mi northeast of mount shasta rising about 1 200 metres 3 900 ft above the modoc plateau to an elevation of 2 376 metres 7 795 ft. Medicine lake volcano is a large shield volcano in northeastern california about 30 miles 50 km northeast of mount shasta the volcano is located in a zone of east west crustal extension east of the main axis of the cascade volcanic arc and the cascade range.
Medicine lake volcano is a large shield volcano in northeastern california about 30 miles 50 km northeast of mount shasta. During the holocene obsidian flows have been erupted from summit and flank vents and voluminous basaltic lava flows have erupted from vents on the north and south flanks. Medicine lake is a large shield volcano in northeastern california about 50 km 30 mi northeast of mount shasta rising about 1 200 metres 3 900 ft above the modoc plateau to an elevation of 2 376 metres 7 795 ft.
The 0 6 miles 1 km thick shield is 22 miles 35 km from east to west and 28 to 31 miles 45 to 50 km from north to south and. The volcano is located in a zone of east west crustal extension east of the main axis of the cascade volcanic arc and the cascade range. It contains a 12 km x 7 km wide caldera.
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