Medicine Lake Volcano

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Medicine Lake Volcano is a large, shield-shaped volcano in northeastern California known for its extensive lava flows and location within the Cascade Volcanic Arc.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Quaternary volcano
active volcano
shield volcano
age more than 500,000 years
calderaDiameter approximately 7 km by 12 km
elevation approximately 2412 m
approximately 7917 ft
eruptiveProducts lava flows
obsidian flows
pyroclastic deposits
hasEruptionStyle effusive
explosive
hasFeature caldera
hasGeothermalActivity yes
hasGlacialFeature paternoster lakes in caldera
hasHazard lava flows
pyroclastic flows
tephra fall
volcanic gas emissions
hasLavaFlow Callahan flow
Glass Mountain lava flow
Little Glass Mountain lava flow
Medicine Lake Glass Flow
hasObsidianDome Glass Mountain
Little Glass Mountain
hasProtectedArea Medicine Lake Recreation Area
hasSummitFeature Medicine Lake
hasTectonicSetting back-arc setting east of main Cascade axis
isConsidered one of the largest volcanoes in the Cascade Range by volume
isLargerThan Mount Shasta (by volume)
linked to: Mount Shasta
isNorthOf Mount Shasta
isWithin Modoc National Forest
Shasta-Trinity National Forest
lastEruption approximately 1000 years ago
lastEruptionPeriod Holocene
locatedIn California
Modoc County, California
Siskiyou County, California
United States
monitoredBy USGS California Volcano Observatory
United States Geological Survey
partOf Cascade Range
Cascade Volcanic Arc
rockType andesite
basalt
dacite
rhyolite
volcanoType basaltic-andesitic shield volcano
volume greater than 600 km3

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Cascade Volcanic Arc hasVolcano Medicine Lake Volcano
Medicine Lake Volcano hasLavaFlow Glass Mountain lava flow
linked to: Medicine Lake Volcano
Medicine Lake Volcano hasLavaFlow Little Glass Mountain lava flow
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Medicine Lake Volcano hasLavaFlow Medicine Lake Glass Flow
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Callahan flow locatedIn Medicine Lake Volcano
Callahan flow associatedWith Medicine Lake Volcano
Callahan flow partOf Medicine Lake Volcano volcanic field
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Callahan flow volcanicSystem Medicine Lake volcanic system
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USGS California Volcano Observatory monitors Medicine Lake volcano
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Medicine Lake Recreation Area locatedOn Medicine Lake volcano
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Medicine Lake Recreation Area hasNearbyFeature Medicine Lake volcano caldera
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Glass Mountain volcanicField Medicine Lake Volcano
Glass Mountain isPartOf Medicine Lake Volcano edifice
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Little Glass Mountain locatedIn Medicine Lake Volcano
Little Glass Mountain isYoungerThan Glass Mountain (Medicine Lake Volcano)
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Little Glass Mountain isPartOf Medicine Lake Volcano summit area
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Little Glass Mountain isOnFlankOf Medicine Lake Volcano
Little Glass Mountain near Glass Mountain (Medicine Lake Volcano)
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Little Glass Mountain belongsToVolcanicField Medicine Lake volcanic field
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Modoc Plateau containsFeature Medicine Lake Volcano region
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Medicine Lake locatedIn Medicine Lake Volcano caldera
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Medicine Lake partOf Medicine Lake Volcano
Volcanoes of Oregon hasNotableMember Medicine Lake volcano
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Lava Beds National Monument locatedOn Medicine Lake Volcano
subject linked to: Lava Beds
Cascades Volcano Observatory monitors Medicine Lake Volcano
subject linked to: CVO
CalVO monitors Medicine Lake volcano
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Medicine Lake Highlands hasMainVolcano Medicine Lake Volcano
Medicine Lake Highlands contains Medicine Lake Volcano