Glacier Peak, United States

Stratovolcano · 3,213 m (10,541 ft) · US-Washington

Glacier Peak is a stratovolcano in the United States, 3,213 m (10,541 ft) high. Its last known eruption: 1700 to 1799. NOAA records no significant eruption here.

Glacier Peak on the map

Glacier Peak and the volcanoes within 300 km, colored by when each last erupted.

Since 1964
1900 to 1963
1800s
AD 1 to 1799
Before AD 1, or undated

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Now

From the USGS Volcano Hazards Program, read 17:12 UTC. USGS threat ranking: Very High Threat.

Normal / Green Cascades Volcano Observatory rates Glacier Peak at alert level Normal, aviation color code Green.

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The volcano

Type: Stratovolcano
Elevation: 3,213 m (10,541 ft)
Country: United States
Region: US-Washington
Summit: 48.112° N, 121.113° W
Last known eruption: 1700 to 1799
Holocene activity known from: Tephrochronology
Smithsonian volcano number: 321020

Significant eruptions

NOAA records eruptions that killed, did damage, were very large, or set off a tsunami or earthquake.

None on record.

Around it

The volcanoes within 300 km.

Earthquakes near Glacier Peak Volcanic ash advisories on the live map

Sources

Volcanoes and significant eruptions from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. Alert levels, color codes and notices from the USGS Volcano Hazards Program and its observatories, public domain. Volcano numbers are the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program’s.