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Topo map
  
USGS Aspen Lake

Mountain type
  
Shield volcano

Elevation
  
2,504 m

Mountain range
  
Cascade Range

Parent range
  
Cascade Range

Age of rock
  
4.9-3.5 Ma

Easiest route
  
Trail

Prominence
  
941 m

Volcanic arc
  
Cascade Volcanoes

Aspen Butte wwwsummitpostorgimagesmedium233190jpg

Location
  
Klamath County, Oregon, U.S.

Similar
  
Pelican Butte, Yamsay Mountain, Maiden Peak, Crane Mountain, Mount McLoughlin

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Aspen Butte is a steep-sided shield volcano in the Cascade Range of southern Oregon. It is located 15 miles (24 km) south of Pelican Butte and 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Mount McLoughlin. It rises over 4,000 feet (1,200 m) above the nearby shore of Upper Klamath Lake. Ice Age glaciers carved three large cirques into the north and northeast flanks of the mountain removing most of the original summit area including any evidence of a crater. The summit is now the high point along the curving ridge which bounds the southern edge of the cirques above steep cliffs.

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Map of Aspen Butte, Oregon 97601, USA

Aspen Butte is the highest of four overlapping shield volcanoes within the Mountain Lakes Wilderness all of which have been carved to varying degrees by glaciers. The other volcanoes are 7,979-foot (2,432 m) Mount Harriman, 7,785-foot (2,373 m) Crater Mountain and 7,741-foot (2,359 m) Greylock Mountain. Another peak, 7,882-foot (2,402 m) Mount Carmine, which lies just over 1 mile (1.6 km) to the north of Aspen Butte, is actually not a separate volcano but the highest remnant of the north flank of the Aspen Butte volcano separated from it by two glacial cirques. Little Aspen Butte, a 7,235-foot (2,205 m) satellite cone, rises on the southern flanks of the main volcano separated from it by a 6,556-foot (1,998 m) pass.

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References

Aspen Butte Wikipedia