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Data from the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution
Details for: Indian Heaven
The youngest eruption of the Indian Heaven volcanic field, midway between Mount St. Helens and Mount Adams, produced a large scoria cone and a voluminous lava flow about 9,000 years ago. The source of the flow is the cone to the right, with Mount Hood visible in the background. The Big Lava Bed flow, which forms the slope in the foreground, banked against higher slopes to the north and traveled 13 km S to within 8 km of the Columbia River. Photo by Lee Siebert, 1995 (Smithsonian Institution).
Volcano Number:
321070
Volcano Name:
Indian Heaven
Country:
United States
Volcano Type:
Volcanic field
Last Eruption:
6250 BCE
Elevation:
1806m
Tectonic Setting:
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Pop. within 5km:
687
Pop. within 10km:
687
Pop. within 30km:
6911
Pop. within 100km:
2019828
Latitude:
45.93
Longitude:
-121.82
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The Pleistocene-to-Holocene Indian Heaven volcanic field, located midway between St. Helens and Adams, is an area of low overlapping shield volcanoes with flank vents primarily oriented N-S. Small shield volcanoes topped by cinder and spatter cones dominate the field, which also contains subglacial vents. The shield volcanoes extend from Sawtooth Mountain on the north to Red Mountain on the south; the high point of the field is Lemei Rock shield volcano. Basaltic-to-andesitic lava flows cover much of the field; individual lava flows, many with extensive lava tubes, traveled up to 46 km. The youngest eruption, about 8,200 years ago, produced the voluminous Big Lava Bed, a 0.9 km3 basaltic lava flow that traveled nearly 25 km S of its source from an unnamed cinder cone SE of Red Mountain, to within 8 km of the Columbia River.
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