SP Crater

Infobox Mountain
Name=SP Crater
Photo=SP Crater.jpg
Caption=
Elevation=2141m
Range=San Francisco volcanic field
Location=Arizona, United States
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Topographic

Type=Cinder cone
Age=Approx. 71,000 yr
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SP Crater is a cinder cone volcano in the San Francisco volcanic field. The volcano is convert|25|mi|km|0 north of Flagstaff, Arizona. [cite paper | author = Susan S. Priest | coauthors = Wendell A. Duffield, Karen Malis-Clark,James W. Hendley II, and Peter H. Stauffer | title = The San Francisco Volcanic Field, Arizona: USGS Fact Sheet 017-01 | publisher = United States Geological Survey | date = 2001-12-21 | url = http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/fact-sheet/fs017-01/ | format = HTML | accessdate = 2008-09-02] There is a lava flow that extends for convert|7|km|mi|1|sp=us to the north [cite book | last = Lopes | first = Rosaly | title = The Volcano Adventure Guide | publisher = Cambridge University Press | date = 2005-02-07 | location = | pages = p. 153 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=eRqrEwvIvKoC&pg=PA153&lpg=PA153&dq=SP+Crater&source=web&ots=8xSUexu2mh&sig=GIvCCP-21VNxDQBcJoXiuhfVGm0&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=8&ct=result#PPA153,M1 | isbn = 978-0521554534] that is best viewed from the crater rim. SP Crater is accessible by car and can be climbed.

References

External links

* [http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/north_america/sp_mountain.html SP Crater at VolcanoWorld] , photo gallery
* [http://geology.com/volcano/sp-crater.shtml SP Crater at geology.com] , maps and imagery