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Long Valley Caldera in eastern California; Mono-Inyo Craters. These were ranked "high threat potential": [4] Mono-Inyo Craters in eastern California; Clear Lake Volcanic Field north of the San Francisco Bay Area; Medicine Lake Volcano in far-northern California, northeast of Mt Shasta; Salton Buttes in far-southern California, at the Salton Sea ...
A pluton, Cabeza de Vaca, lies in the southern and eastern sectors of the caldera and has dimensions of 52 by 1–7 kilometres (32.31 mi × 0.62 mi–4.35 mi). Within the caldera several smaller calderas formed, from north to south Caldera Cerro Puquios, Caldera Bellavista, Caldera Agua Nueva, Caldera El Durazno and Caldera Lomas Bayas.
The Long Valley Caldera was formed by a super-eruption about 760,000 years ago that blasted 140 cubic miles of magma, covering much of east-central California in hot ash that was blown as far away ...
Cima volcanic field is a volcanic field in San Bernardino County, California, close to the border with Nevada. [3] [4] The volcanic field covers a surface area of 600 km 2 (230 sq mi) within the Mojave National Preserve west of the Cima Dome and consists of about 40 volcanic cones with about 60 lava flows.
A dangerous winter storm is slamming Northern California with rare blizzard conditions and fierce winds as it threatens to unload up to 10 feet of snow in the mountains and snarl travel.
Carrizalillo (caldera) P. Potrerillos (caldera) This page was last edited on 28 June 2022, at 20:24 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Researchers and coastal officials across California now have a more nuanced assessment of this daunting issue that could affect more than 530 miles of the state’s shoreline. "It's pretty ...
This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks [a] of the U.S. State of California. The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways: The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the summit above a geodetic sea level. [b] [c] The first table below ranks the 50 highest major summits ...