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Indian Heaven

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  • Last Known Eruption
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  • 45.93°N
  • 121.82°W

  • 1806 m
    5925 ft

  • 321070
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This compilation of synonyms and subsidiary features may not be comprehensive. Features are organized into four major categories: Cones, Craters, Domes, and Thermal Features. Synonyms of features appear indented below the primary name. In some cases additional feature type, elevation, or location details are provided.

Eruptive History

There is data available for 1 confirmed Holocene eruptive periods.

6250 BCE ± 100 years Confirmed Eruption  

Episode 1 | Eruption Episode Big Lava Bed
6250 BCE ± 100 years - Unknown Evidence from Isotopic: 14C (uncalibrated)

List of 3 Events for Episode 1 at Big Lava Bed

Start Date End Date Event Type Event Remarks
   - - - -    - - - - Explosion
   - - - -    - - - - Lava flow
   - - - -    - - - - Scoria
Deformation History

There is no Deformation History data available for Indian Heaven.

Emission History

There is no Emissions History data available for Indian Heaven.

Photo Gallery

The youngest eruption of the Indian Heaven volcanic field, midway between Mount St. Helens and Mount Adams, produced a large scoria cone and a voluminous lava flow about 9,000 years ago. The source of the flow is the cone to the right, with Mount Hood visible in the background. The Big Lava Bed flow, which forms the slope in the foreground, banked against higher slopes to the north and traveled 13 km S to within 8 km of the Columbia River.

Photo by Lee Siebert, 1995 (Smithsonian Institution).
The forested slope in the foreground is part of the Big Lava Bed, a 0.9 km3 lava flow that erupted from the scoria cone in the background about 9,000 years ago. The lava flow traveled 13 km from the crater and is the youngest feature of the Indian Heaven volcanic field.

Photo by Lee Siebert, 1995 (Smithsonian Institution).
Red Mountain, seen here from the NE, is the southernmost of a N-S line of small shield volcanoes with smaller cones that form the Pleistocene-to-Holocene Indian Heaven volcanic field in the southern Cascades of Washington. The field covers 600 km2.

Photo by Lee Siebert, 1995 (Smithsonian Institution).
Berry Mountain (left), as well as Gifford Peak and East Crater (right), are small Pleistocene shield volcanoes with smaller cones. They are part of the Pleistocene-to-Holocene Indian Heaven volcanic field in the southern Cascade Range of Washington between Mount St. Helens and Mount Adams.

Photo by Lee Siebert, 1995 (Smithsonian Institution).
Lemei Rock, seen from the Forlorn Lakes to the SE, forms the high point of the Indian Heaven volcanic field midway between Mount St. Helens and Mount Adams. The 600 km2 field consists of overlapping small shield volcanoes with smaller cones and lava flows. The field was active from about 730,000 to about 9,000 years ago and contains some volcanic features that originated beneath a glacial icecap.

Photo by Lee Siebert, 1995 (Smithsonian Institution).
Lavas of the Big Lava Bed flow, erupted about 9,000 years ago from the scoria cone in the background and dammed local drainages, forming Goose Lake. The Big Lava Bed flow is the most recent eruption of the Indian Heaven volcanic field, which lies between Mount St. Helens and Mount Adams.

Photo by Lee Siebert, 1995 (Smithsonian Institution).
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Smithsonian Sample Collections Database

There are no samples for Indian Heaven in the Smithsonian's NMNH Department of Mineral Sciences Rock and Ore collection.

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