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Crater Lake National Parkis a national park of the United Stateslocated in southern Oregon. Established in 1902, Crater Lake is the fifth-oldest national park in the United States and the only national park in Oregon.[3] The park encompasses the calderaof Crater Lake, a remnant of Mount Mazama, a destroyed volcano, and the surrounding hills and ...
Crater Lake (Klamath: Giiwas) [ 2 ] is a volcanic crater lake in south-central Oregon in the Western United States. It is the main feature of Crater Lake National Park and is famous for its deep blue color and water clarity. The lake partly fills a 2,148-foot-deep (655 m) caldera [ 3 ] that was formed around 7,700 (± 150) years ago [ 4 ] by ...
The Chesapeake Bay impact crater is a buried impact crater, located beneath the mouth of Chesapeake Bay, United States. It was formed by a bolide that struck the eastern shore of North America about 35.5 ± 0.3 million years ago, in the late Eocene epoch. It is one of the best-preserved "wet-target" impact craters in the world.
South Mountain Reservation, covering between 2,047 [1] and 2,112 [2] acres (between 8.28 and 8.54 km 2), depending on the source, is a nature reserve on the Rahway River that is part of the Essex County Park System in northeastern New Jersey. It is located in central Essex County, New Jersey within portions of Maplewood, Millburn, and West ...
The top of the mountain has 14 lakes and ponds. Sunfish Pond, Catfish Pond, Mountain Ridge Lake, Blue Mountain Lake, Long Pine Pond, Lake Success, Crater Lake, Hemlock Lake, Kittatinny Lake, Steeny Kill Lake and Lake Marcia are some of them. Lake Marcia is the lake with the highest elevation on the mountain, 1,574 feet (480 m) above sea level.
The structure includes a small natural history museum with exhibits that highlight the geologic history of Mount Mazama and the formation of Crater Lake. The building was officially dedicated as the Nicholas J. Sinnott Memorial Observation Station and Museum ; however, it is commonly known as the Sinnott Memorial Overlook or Sinnott Viewing Area .
Crater Lake Lodge is a hotel built in 1915 to provide overnight accommodations for visitors to Crater Lake National Park in southern Oregon, US.The lodge is located on the southwest rim of the Crater Lake caldera overlooking the lake 1,000 feet (300 m) below.
The Munson Valley Historic District is three miles (4.8 km) south of Crater Lake and the Rim Village visitor area which is also a historic district (NRHP #97001155). In the Crater Lake area, winter lasts eight months with an average snowfall of 533 inches (1,350 cm) per year, [ full citation needed ] and many snow banks remain well into the ...