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The Yellowstone Caldera, sometimes referred to as the Yellowstone Supervolcano, is a volcanic caldera and supervolcano in Yellowstone National Park in the Western United States. The caldera and most of the park are located in the northwest corner of the state of Wyoming. The caldera measures 43 by 28 miles (70 by 45 kilometers), and postcaldera ...
44°26′N 110°40′W / 44.43°N 110.67°W / 44.43; -110.67. The Yellowstone hotspot is a volcanic hotspot in the United States responsible for large scale volcanism in Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Wyoming, formed as the North American tectonic plate moved over it. It formed the eastern Snake River Plain through a succession ...
Yellowstone National Park spans an area of 3,468.4 sq mi (8,983 km 2), [3] with lakes, canyons, rivers, and mountain ranges. [11] Yellowstone Lake is one of the largest high-elevation lakes in North America and is centered over the Yellowstone Caldera, the largest super volcano on the continent.
The caldera — a 50-mile-wide volcanic crater — is the remnant of a pair of massive volcanic eruptions thrown up by the Yellowstone hotspot as it wandered east to its current location. At its ...
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. Yellowstone Lake is the largest body of water in Yellowstone National Park. The lake is 7,732 feet (2,357 m) above sea level and covers 136 square miles (350 km 2) with 110 miles (180 km) of shoreline. While the average depth of the lake is 139 ft (42 m), its greatest depth is at least 394 ft (120 m ...
Yellowstone Plateau Volcanic Field. The Yellowstone Plateau Volcanic Field, also known as the Yellowstone Supervolcano or the Yellowstone Volcano, is a complex volcano, volcanic plateau and volcanic field located mostly in the western U.S. state of Wyoming but also stretches into Idaho and Montana. It is a popular site for tourists.
The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) is one of the last remaining large, nearly intact ecosystems in the northern temperate zone of the Earth. [1] It is located within the northern Rocky Mountains, in areas of northwestern Wyoming, southwestern Montana, and eastern Idaho, and is about 22 million acres (89,000 km 2). [2]
Okueyama Caldera: 13.7 Kyūshū, Japan 1,030: A part of the large eruptions that occurred in southwest Japan to 13 to 15 Ma. [34] Yellowstone Caldera—Lava Creek Tuff: 0.639: Yellowstone hotspot: 1,000 Last large eruption in the Yellowstone National Park area [39] [9] [10] Awasa Caldera: 1.09 Main Ethiopian Rift: 1,000 [40] Cerro Galán: 2.2