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How did Mount Shishaldin form?

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Mount Shasta was formed by hardened lava from eruptions it has had. Mount Shasta is also a stratovolcano which means it is a cone shaped volcano made out of hardened lava and volcanic ash. This is also known as a composite volcano.

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There are a few ideas about how Mount Shasta got its name. It is quite possible that the name comes from the name of one of the tribes of native people in the area. Use the link below (and scroll down) to read a short post on how Mount Shasta got its name.

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Mt. Shasta was created when all of these b volcanos were erupting around it.

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no because the Gorda plate and the North American plate which makes one of the plates go under the other and something snaps and lets a force which makes magma force out Mt.Shasta's hole

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subduction of the Juan d Fuca plate

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its on a convergent plate boundary.

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an eroshion

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