Parent range Glass Mountain Range Elevation 3,392 m Mountain range Sierra Nevada | Topo map USGS Glass Mountain Prominence 969 m | |
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Similar Medicine Lake Volcano, Mount Pinchot, Mount Morgan, Montgomery Peak, White Mountain Peak |
Glass Mountain, on the Inyo National Forest, is one of the tallest peaks in Mono County, California. The peak lies 20 miles (32 km) southeast of the shoreline of Mono Lake and is the highest point on the four mile long sinuous Glass Mountain Ridge.
Map of Glass Mountain, California, USA
The Glass Mountain Ridge forms the northeast boundary of Long Valley Caldera. It consists of a sequence of lava domes, flows, and welded pyroclastic flows of rhyolite composition that were erupted between 2.1 and 0.8 million years ago. Obsidian, a naturally occurring volcanic glass, can be found on the mountain.
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Glass Mountain (California) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA