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Mt Baker Volcano looking at Glacier Peak Volcano

In the center far distance is Glacier Peak Volcano, is the most isolated of the five major stratovolcanoes of the Cascade Volcanic Arc in Washington.

 

Located in the Glacier Peak Wilderness, the volcano is not easily discernible from any heavily populated area; as a result the volcano is largely understudied and not as much is known about it as other volcanoes in the area.

 

Since the most recent ice age, it has produced some of largest and most explosive eruptions in the state. The mountain has erupted several times during each of its six episodes in the past 300 years. The volcano formed during the Pleistocene epoch, about 1 million years ago.

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Uploaded on September 23, 2009
Taken on September 14, 2009