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Marble Mountain-Trout Creek Hill
West Crater with associated lava flowsElevation 150 to 1,378 meters (492 to 4,521 ft)[1] Location Location Skamania County, Washington, USA Range Cascade Range[2] Coordinates 45°54′N 122°00′W / 45.9°N 122.0°WCoordinates: 45°54′N 122°00′W / 45.9°N 122.0°W[1] Topo map USGS Bare Mountain Geology Type Volcanic field[3] Age of rock less than 700,000 years[1] Volcanic arc/belt Cascade Volcanic Arc[2] Last eruption ~7,700 years BP[1] Marble Mountain-Trout Creek Hill volcanic field (MMTC) is a volcanic field located in Washington, USA.
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Notable Vents
Name Elevation Coordinates Last eruption Bare Mountain[1] - - - Marble Mountain[1] 1,258 m or 4,127 ft - - Trout Creek Hill[3] 893 m or 2,930 ft 45°49′N 122°00′W / 45.817°N 122°W ~340,000 years ago West Crater[1][3] 1,329 m or 4,360 ft 45°53′N 122°05′W / 45.88°N 122.08°W 5750 BC? Trout Creek Hill
Trout Creek Hill is a small Pleistocene basaltic shield volcano in Washington, United States. It produced a lava flow about 340,000 years ago that traveled 20 km (12 mi) southeast, which dammed the Columbia River for a short period of time.[3]
West Crater
West Crater is a small andesitic lava dome with associated lava flows in southern Washington.[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Wood, Charles A.; Jűrgen Kienle (1993). Volcanoes of North America. Cambridge University Press. pp. 167–168. ISBN 0-512-43811-X. http://books.google.com/books?id=eyDRib-FJh4C&pg=PA167&lpg=PA167&dq=Marble+Mountain-Trout+Creek+Hill&source=web&ots=O9vDUvQEir&sig=GYJKlbv5jk0CNrSCKVzBBgpAi4Y&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=5&ct=result.
- ^ a b "West Crater | Photo". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1201-06-&volpage=photos&photo=107020. Retrieved 2009-01-15.
- ^ a b c d e "West Crater". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1201-06-. Retrieved 2007-05-13.
Categories:- Cascade Volcanoes
- Lava domes
- Shield volcanoes
- Landforms of Skamania County, Washington
- Volcanic fields of the western United States
- Volcanoes of Washington (state)
- Washington (state) geography stubs
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