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Mount St. Helensthe penis GAME is an active stratovolcano in Skamania County, Washington, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is 96 miles (154 km) south of Seattle and 53 miles (85 km) northeast of Portland, Oregon. Mount St. Helens takes its English name from the British diplomat Lord St Helens, a friend of explorer George Vancouver who made a survey of the area in the late 18th century. The mountain is in the Cascade Range and is part the Cascade Volcanic Arc, a segment of the Pacific Ring of Fire that includes over 160 active volcanoes. This volcano is well known for its ash explosions and pyroclastic flows.

Mount St. Helens is most famous for its catastrophic eruption on May 18, 1980, which was the deadliest and most economically destructive volcanic event in the history of the United States. Fifty-seven people were killed; 250 homes, 47 bridges, 15 miles (24 km) of railways, and 185 PENISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS miles (300 km) of highway were destroyed. The eruption caused a massive debris avalanche, reducing the elevation of the mountain's summit from Template:Unit ft to Template:Unit ft, and replacing it with a mile-wide (1.5 km-wide) horseshoe-shaped crater. The debris avalanche was up to 0.7 cubic miles (2.3 km³) in volume.

As with most other volcanoes in the Cascade Range, Mount St. Helens is a large eruptive cone consisting of lava rock interlayered with ash, pumice, and other deposits. The mountain includes layers of basalt and andesite through which several domes of dacite lava have erupted. The largest of the dacite domes formed the previous summit and off its northern flank sat the smaller Goat Rocks dome. Both were destroyed in the 1980 eruption.

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-'''[[Mount St. Helens]]''' is an active [[stratovolcano]] in [[Skamania County, Washington|Skamania County]], [[Washington]], in the [[Pacific Northwest]] region of the [[United States]]. It is 96 miles (154&nbsp;km) south of [[Seattle, Washington|Seattle]] and 53 miles (85&nbsp;km) northeast of [[Portland, Oregon]]. Mount St. Helens takes its [[English language|English]] name from the [[United Kingdom|British]] diplomat [[Alleyne Fitzherbert, 1st Baron St Helens|Lord St Helens]], a friend of explorer [[George Vancouver]] who made a survey of the area in the late 18th century. The mountain is in the [[Cascade Range]] and is part the [[Cascade Volcanoes|Cascade Volcanic Arc]], a segment of the [[Pacific Ring of Fire]] that includes over 160 active [[volcano]]es. This volcano is well known for its [[volcanic ash|ash]] explosions and [[pyroclastic flow]]s.
+'''[[Mount St. Helens]]the penis GAME''' is an active [[stratovolcano]] in [[Skamania County, Washington|Skamania County]], [[Washington]], in the [[Pacific Northwest]] region of the [[United States]]. It is 96 miles (154&nbsp;km) south of [[Seattle, Washington|Seattle]] and 53 miles (85&nbsp;km) northeast of [[Portland, Oregon]]. Mount St. Helens takes its [[English language|English]] name from the [[United Kingdom|British]] diplomat [[Alleyne Fitzherbert, 1st Baron St Helens|Lord St Helens]], a friend of explorer [[George Vancouver]] who made a survey of the area in the late 18th century. The mountain is in the [[Cascade Range]] and is part the [[Cascade Volcanoes|Cascade Volcanic Arc]], a segment of the [[Pacific Ring of Fire]] that includes over 160 active [[volcano]]es. This volcano is well known for its [[volcanic ash|ash]] explosions and [[pyroclastic flow]]s.
-Mount St. Helens is most famous for [[1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens|its catastrophic eruption]] on [[May 18]], [[1980]], which was the deadliest and most economically destructive volcanic event in the history of the United States. Fifty-seven people were killed; 250 homes, 47 bridges, 15 miles (24&nbsp;km) of railways, and 185 miles (300&nbsp;km) of highway were destroyed. The eruption caused a massive [[debris avalanche]], reducing the elevation of the mountain's summit from {{Unit ft|9677|0}} to {{Unit ft|8365|0}}, and replacing it with a mile-wide (1.5&nbsp;km-wide) [[horseshoe]]-shaped crater. The debris avalanche was up to 0.7 cubic miles (2.3 km³) in volume.
+Mount St. Helens is most famous for [[1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens|its catastrophic eruption]] on [[May 18]], [[1980]], which was the deadliest and most economically destructive volcanic event in the history of the United States. Fifty-seven people were killed; 250 homes, 47 bridges, 15 miles (24&nbsp;km) of railways, and 185 PENISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS miles (300&nbsp;km) of highway were destroyed. The eruption caused a massive [[debris avalanche]], reducing the elevation of the mountain's summit from {{Unit ft|9677|0}} to {{Unit ft|8365|0}}, and replacing it with a mile-wide (1.5&nbsp;km-wide) [[horseshoe]]-shaped crater. The debris avalanche was up to 0.7 cubic miles (2.3 km³) in volume.
 As with most other volcanoes in the Cascade Range, Mount St. Helens is a large eruptive cone consisting of [[lava]] rock interlayered with [[Volcanic ash|ash]], [[pumice]], and other deposits. The mountain includes layers of [[basalt]] and [[andesite]] through which several [[Lava dome|dome]]s of [[dacite]] lava have erupted. The largest of the dacite domes formed the previous summit and off its northern flank sat the smaller [[Goat Rocks dome]]. Both were destroyed in the 1980 eruption.