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Is mount st helens the youngest volcano in the US?

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∙ 9y ago

Updated: 8/20/2019

No. Mount St Helens is a a relatively young volcano at about 40,000 years old, but by no means the youngest. That title goes to Novarupta, which first erupted in 1908. The youngest volcano in the continental U.S. is Sunset Crater, which is just under 1,000 years old.

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