Mt. St. Helens, Mt. St. Helens National Monument, Washington zipper pull

1 inch diameter Cast in fine pewter Lanyard hook attachment Mounted on story card PLACE NAME: St. Helens ELEVATION: 9677 ft. ELEVATION AFTER MAY 18, 1980: 8364 ft. COORDINATES: N46° 12' 00'' W122° 11' 21'' LOCATION: Mount Saint Helens National Monument, Washington, USA MARKERSLEUTH PHOTO CONTRIBUTOR: No Station Found; Original Artwork Thirty years later, following the May 18, 1980 eruption of the beautiful stratovolcano Mount Saint Helens, the Native American moniker "smoking mountain" still applies. The Cascades Volcano Observatory reports on its website "continuous intermittent volcanic activity and ...occasional eruptions of steam and ash, occasional pyroclastic flows" and "...intermittent extrusion of dome-forming."