Belknap Crater

Belknap Crater
The Belknap volcano with lava flows in the foreground
height	2095  m
location	Oregon , USA
Mountains	Cascade chain
Coordinates	44 ° 17 '7 "  N , 121 ° 50' 28"  W Coordinates: 44 ° 17 '7 "  N , 121 ° 50' 28"  W.
Type	Shield volcano
Last eruption	about 1,500 years ago

The Belknap Crater is a shield volcano in the US state of Oregon . The mountain is north of the North Sister volcano . Around 1030 BC About 300 years BC, several eruptions occurred in this area, in which a large number of volcanic cones, cinder cones and lava flows were formed, which extended westward to a distance of 15 km. These eruptions are among the most recent volcanic events in the Cascade Mountains .

The last two eruptions were recorded using the radiocarbon method from around 800 BC. BC ± 300 years and dated to around 480. No volcanic activity is currently observed.

Web links

• Belknap Crater in the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution (English)