Mount Shasta

Mount Shasta is a potentially active stratovolcano at the southern end of the in . At an elevation of 14,179 ft, it is the second-highest peak in the Cascades and the fifth-highest in the state.
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  • Type: Volcano with an elevation of 14,117 feet
  • Description: stratovolcano in Siskiyou County, California, United States
  • Also known as: “Bo-lem-poi‘-yok”, “Bo-Lem-Poi‘-Yok”, “Bo-lem-poi‘-yok *”, “Chasta Butte”, “I-eka”, “Mont Saste”, “Mont Saste *”, “Mont Saste‘”, “Mont Saste‘ *”, “Mount Chasta”, “Mount Chasty”, “Mount Jackson”, “Mount Sastine”, “Mount Sastise”, “Mount Sasty”, “Mount Shaste”, “Mount Simpson”, “Mount Tsashti”, “Mount Tsashtl”, “Pit Mountain”, “Sasty Peak”, “Shasta Butte”, “Shaste Peak”, “Shatasia”, “Snowy Butte”, “Wi’ke”, “Wi’ke *”, “Wy-e-kah”, and “Wy-E-Kah”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Konwakiton Glacier and Whitney Glacier.

Glacier
The is a situated on the southern flank of Mount Shasta, in the U.S. state of . It occupies the head of a large cirque on the south side of Shasta's Misery Hill cone, just northeast of the prominent outcrop of Thumb Rock at about 11,500 ft.

Glacier
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The is a situated on Mount Shasta, in the U.S. state of . The is the longest glacier and the only valley glacier in California.

Glacier
The is a situated on the southeastern flank of Mount Shasta, in the U.S. state of California. It occupies a small cirque in the Clear Creek drainage.

Mount Shasta

Latitude
41.4092° or 41° 24′ 33″ north
Longitude
-122.19487° or 122° 11′ 42″ west
Elevation
14,117 feet (4,303 metres)
Open location code
84HVCR54+M3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 358799623
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­volcano
Geo­Names ID
5571124
Wiki­data ID
Q748355
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Satellite Map

Discover Mount Shasta from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Mount Shasta” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Mount Shasta”
  • Arabic: “جبل شاستا”
  • Bulgarian: “Шаста (планина)”
  • Bulgarian: “Шаста”
  • Catalan: “Bo-Lem-Poi‘-Yok”
  • Catalan: “Mont Shasta”
  • Cebuano: “Mount Shasta (bukid sa Estados Unidos, California, Siskiyou County, lat 41,41, long -122,20)”
  • Cebuano: “Mount Shasta”
  • Chinese: “沙斯塔山”
  • Czech: “Mount Shasta”
  • Dutch: “Shasta”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ماونت شاستا”
  • Esperanto: “Monto Ŝasta”
  • Finnish: “Mount Shasta”
  • French: “mont Shasta”
  • French: “Mont Shasta”
  • French: “Mont Sisson”
  • French: “Mount Shasta”
  • French: “Mount Sisson”
  • Galician: “Monte Shasta”
  • German: “Mount Shasta”
  • Hebrew: “הר שסטה”
  • Hebrew: “שסטה”
  • Hindi: “माउण्टशस्ता”
  • Hungarian: “Shasta-hegy”
  • Icelandic: “Mount Shasta”
  • Indonesian: “Gunung Shasta”
  • Irish: “Mount Shasta”
  • Irish: “Sliabh Shasta”
  • Irish: “Úytaahkoo”
  • Italian: “Monte Shasta”
  • Italian: “Mount Shasta”
  • Japanese: “シャスタ山”
  • Korean: “샤스타 산”
  • Korean: “섀스타 산”
  • Korean: “섀스타산”
  • Kurdish: “Çiyayê Shasta”
  • Lithuanian: “Šasta”
  • Malay: “Gunung Berapi Shasta”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mount Shasta”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Mont Shasta”
  • Persian: “کوه شاستا”
  • Persian: “کوهٔ شاستا”
  • Persian: “کوه شستا”
  • Polish: “Mount Shasta”
  • Portuguese: “Monte Shasta”
  • Romanian: “Muntele Shasta”
  • Romansh: “Mount Shasta”
  • Russian: “Шаста”
  • Scots: “Mount Shasta”
  • Serbian: “Шаста”
  • Slovak: “Shasta”
  • Slovenian: “Mount Shasta”
  • Spanish: “Monte Shasta”
  • Swahili: “Mlima Shasta”
  • Swedish: “Mount Shasta”
  • Swedish: “Mt Shasta”
  • Swedish: “Mt. Shasta”
  • Swedish: “Úytaahkoo”
  • Ukrainian: “Шаста”
  • Vietnamese: “núi Shasta”
  • Vietnamese: “Núi Shasta”
  • Vietnamese: “Shasta”
  • Welsh: “Mynydd Shasta”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sulphur Springs and Misery Hill.

Siskiyou County: Must-Visit Destinations

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