Rainbow Mountain is a stratovolcano at the southern end of the Cascade Range in Siskiyou County, California. It is located between Mount Shasta and the Medicine Lake Volcano, consisting of andesitic and dacitic rocks that were produced during the Early Pleistocene subepoch. Its last known eruption is also of Pleistocene age.[1]

Rainbow Mountain
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Highest point
Elevation	7,619 ft (2,322 m)[1]
Coordinates	41°28′25″N 121°57′22″W
Geography
Location	Siskiyou County, California, U.S.
Parent range	Cascade Range
Topo map	USGS Rainbow Mountain
Geology
Mountain type	Stratovolcano
Volcanic arc/belt	Cascade Volcanic Arc
Last eruption	Pleistocene age[1]

See also

• List of Cascade volcanoes

References

External links

• "Rainbow Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

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