Latour Butte
| Latour Butte | |
|---|---|
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 6,739 ft (2,054 m) |
| Coordinates | 40°36′28″N 121°42′32″W / 40.60778°N 121.70889°W |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Volcanic cone[1] |
| Last eruption | Pleistocene[2] |
Latour Butte, located in Shasta County, California, is an extinct lava cone[3] in the Cascade Range.
Geography
[edit]Latour Butte is located northwest of Table Mountain, Chaos Crags, and Lassen Peak, southwest of Magee Peak, southeast of Snow Mountain, and east of Redding, California.
Geology
[edit]Latour Butte is one of the volcanic centers that erupted before Lassen Peak formed. It was among the first to erupt,[4] and it is a lava cone,[5] unlike most of the other old volcanic centers, which are stratovolcanoes.
References
[edit]- ^ https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=323812
- ^ https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=323812
- ^ https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=323812
- ^ https://www.usgs.gov/volcanoes/lassen-volcanic-center/science/eruption-history-lassen-volcanic-center-and-surrounding
- ^ https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=323812