Lassen Peak

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Lassen Peak, in Shasta County, California USA, is the largest plug dome volcano in the world and is the southernmost volcano in the Cascade Range. It was created on the destroyed northeastern flank of now gone Mount Tehama, a stratovolcano that was at least a thousand feet higher than Lassen. Lassen is located in north-central California in the Shasta Cascade region and is the centerpiece of Lassen Volcanic National Park.

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Unlike most plug dome volcanoes, Lassen is topped by craters. In fact a series of these craters exist around Lassen's summit (although two of these are now covered by solidified lava).

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