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Newberry Volcano is a large, active, shield-shaped stratovolcano located about 20 miles (32 km) south of Bend, ... Map showing lava flows from the Newberry Volcano.
Newberry National Volcanic Monument was designated on November 5, 1990, to protect the area around the Newberry Volcano in the U.S. state of Oregon. [2] The monument was created within the boundaries of the Deschutes National Forest, which is managed by the U.S. Forest Service, and includes 54,822 acres (86 sq mi; 222 km 2) of lakes, lava flows, and geologic features in central Oregon.
Lava Cast Forest is a visitor destination within the Newberry National Volcanic Monument near Bend, in the U.S. state of Oregon.It is a geologic feature containing a 6,000 year old lava flow that created lava molds of ancient trees. [1]
Lava Butte is a cinder cone in central Oregon, United States, just west of U.S. Route 97 between the towns of Bend, and Sunriver in Deschutes County.It is part of a system of small cinder cones on the northwest flank of Newberry Volcano, a massive shield volcano which rises to the southeast.
At its west end, just past the Newberry Volcano, the BFZ terminates at the north-striking Sisters Fault, part of the High Cascades geological province. But further south the Pliocene (<5 Ma) High Cascades volcanic trend is offset right-laterally about 10 to 20 km (6.2 to 12.4 mi) by the Eugene–Denio fault zone, and another 15 to 20 km (9.3 to ...
Formed by the Newberry Volcano, it is part of Newberry National Volcanic Monument. At an elevation of 7,984 feet (2,434 m), it is the highest point on the volcano. The peak gives a panoramic view of the Newberry Caldera, the south and west flanks of the Newberry Volcano, the Cascades, the Fort Rock Basin, and central Oregon.
China Hat is a volcanic butte on the southeastern flank of Newberry Volcano in Deschutes County, Oregon, United States. It is a rhyolitic dome dating from the age of the Middle Pleistocene. [ 2 ] Both China Hat and nearby East Butte are covered by Mazama Ash and Newberry Ash .
The Horse Lava Tube System (or Horse system) is a series of lava tubes within Deschutes County, Oregon, of the United States.The system starts within the Deschutes National Forest on the northern flank of Newberry Volcano and heads north into and near the city of Bend.