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Belknap

Belknap is a shield(s) in North America Volcanic Regions, United States, rising to 2,094 m. Its most recent recorded eruption was in 475.

About Belknap

The Belknap Crater area near McKenzie Pass in Oregon, north of the Three Sisters volcanoes, was the source of one of the largest concentrations of youthful volcanism in the Cascade Range. The basaltic to basaltic andesite Belknap shield volcano, topped by the Belknap Crater pyroclastic cone and the Little Belknap shield volcano immediately to the east, have produced widespread late Holocene lava flows on all sides, much of which took place between about 3,000 and 1,500 years ago. Eruptions from the NE base of Belknap crater produced lava flows that traveled 15 km W into the McKenzie River valley.

Eruption reports

Reports from GDACS and NASA EONET linked to this volcano.

No eruption reports in our records yet. New reports appear here automatically.

Earthquakes nearby, 30 days

Within about 50 km. Swarms of small quakes can sometimes accompany volcanic unrest.

No earthquakes recorded nearby in the last 30 days.