The Cascade Mountains are littered with volcanoes including:
Mt. Saint Helens (last erupted 1980)
Lassen Peak (last erupted 1914-1917)
Mount Meager (last eruption about 2350 years ago)
Mount Mazama (last eruption about 7700 years ago)
Glacier Peak (last eruption around 200-300 years ago)
Mt. Baker (last erupted during the mid-1800's)
Mt. Rainier (last erupted during the late 1800's)
Mt. Cayley (last eruption about 20,000 years ago)
Mt. Garibaldi (last eruption about 9300 years ago)
Mt. Adams (last active about 1000 years ago)
Mt. Hood (last active about 200 years ago)
Medicine Lake Volcano (last active about 1000 years ago)
Mt. Shasta (last erupted 1786 - has been erupting about every 300 years for the last 4000 years)
Mount Garibaldi (British Columbia, Canada)
Mount Rainier stands at 14,411 feet (4,392 meters) above sea level, making it the tallest volcano in the Cascade Range of the Pacific Northwest.
Mount St. Helens in Washington state is a famous composite volcano known for its devastating eruption in 1980. It is part of the Cascade Range in the United States and is considered an active volcano with ongoing monitoring.
Mount Bailey is a tephra cone and shield volcano, and is located in Oregon.
Convergent; the Cascade Range is a volcano/mountain, which is caused from a convergent plate boundary I had the same question for my homework...
Rockie Mountans, Cascade Mountains
Mount St. Helens
Mount Garibaldi (British Columbia, Canada)
There are many volcanoes in the Cascade range. The most famous is Mt. St. Helens, which erupted on May 18, 1980, killing 57 people. The largest volcano in the cascade range is Mt. Rainier.
Mount Rainier stands at 14,411 feet (4,392 meters) above sea level, making it the tallest volcano in the Cascade Range of the Pacific Northwest.
At this current time it is Mt. St. Helens. Refer to U.S.G.S. for more info (volcanoes.usgs.gov)
mountans, large rocky mountans.
Mount St. Helens in Washington state is a famous composite volcano known for its devastating eruption in 1980. It is part of the Cascade Range in the United States and is considered an active volcano with ongoing monitoring.
Mount Bailey is a tephra cone and shield volcano, and is located in Oregon.
Convergent; the Cascade Range is a volcano/mountain, which is caused from a convergent plate boundary I had the same question for my homework...
Most likely that would be Mt St Helens, but Mt Rainier is getting a little uppity, as well.
Mount St. Helens is a stratovolcano, also known as composite volcano, characterized by its steep sides and explosive eruptions. It is located in the Cascade Range in Washington state, USA.