GVP volcano 324010 · no holder yet
Black Butte Crater Lava Field
Black Butte Crater Lava Field is a 1,478 m shield volcano in the United States, last erupted around 8180 BCE.
- Type
- Shield
- Summit
- 1,478 m above sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Rift zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 8180 BCE
- Largest known
- VEI 0, non-explosive, 8180 BCE
- Eruptions
- 1 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 43.19°N 114.35°W · United States
- Region
- Yellowstone-Snake River Hotspot Volcano Group, North America Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 324010
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