# Big Cave

- **Country:** United States
- **Coordinates:** 40.955000, -121.365000
- **Age:** Pleistocene or Holocene
- **Url:** https://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/California/description_california_volcanoes.html
- **Date:** 2002-09-20
- **Type:** Shield volcano
- **Work:** Cascades Volcano Observatory
- **Range:** Cascade Range
- **Title:** California Volcanoes and Volcanics
- **Location:** Shasta County, California,United States
- **Formed By:** Subduction zone volcanism
- **Publisher:** United States Geological Survey
- **Map Relief:** 1
- **Elevation Ft:** 4130 or 4131
- **Volcanic Arc:** Cascade Volcanic Arc
- **Elevation Ref:** {{cite web
- **Last Eruption:** unknown

Big Cave is a small shield volcano located in northern California in the Cascade Volcanic Arc of the Pacific Northwest. With an elevation listed at either or , it is the product of subduction of several tectonic plates under the North American Plate, which continues at a rate of each year.

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Cave (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)