Soda Lakes

Soda Lakes

Infobox Mountain
Name = Soda Lakes
Photo =
Caption =
Elevation = convert|1251|m|ft|0|sp=usVNUM|1=1206-01-|Soda Lakesaccessdate|2008-09-03]
Location = Nevada, USA
Coordinates = coord|39.53|-118.87|type:mountain_region:US|display=inline,title
Topographic

Type = Maar
Volcanic_Arc/Belt=
Age = Holocene
Last eruption =

The Soda Lakes are two lakes located northwest of Fallon, Nevada. They occupy two basaltic maar volcanoes which may have erupted in the last 1500 years. The larger lake (called Soda Lake) is somewhat elongated, stretching convert|2|km|mi|1|sp=us in length, while the smaller one (Little Soda Lake) is convert|200|m|ft|sigfig=2|sp=us across.


Ragtown, Nevada. Photo by Timothy H. O'Sullivan. U.S. Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel (King Survey, 1867-1872).

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