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Interior of Amboy Crater showing a lava lake and the distant breach in the cinder cone rim. Interior of Amboy Crater from near breach showing lava lakes. Amboy Crater is a dormant cinder cone volcano that rises above a 70-square-kilometer (27 sq mi) lava field in the eastern Mojave Desert of southern California, within Mojave Trails National Monument.
Name Image Date Location County Ownership Description Amboy Crater: May 1973: San Bernardino: Federal (Bureau of Land Management) A 6,000-year-old volcanic cinder cone, made up of pahoehoe, just off historic U.S. Highway 66.
National Natural Landmarks in California — designated by the National Park Service The main article for this category is List of National Natural Landmarks in California . Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap
At that junction, CR 66 runs parallel to I-40 all the way to Ludlow, but then turns southeast towards Amboy Crater National Natural Landmark and the town of Amboy. It then heads back towards I-40, crossing paths with the freeway again at Fenner, before heading east on Goffs Road to the junction with US 95, where it terminates. [1]
Trona Pinnacles National Natural Landmark; Mitchell Caverns National Preserve; Mecca Hills National Preserve; Saddleback Butte State Park. Lake Los Angeles, California; Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve; Rainbow Basin National Natural Landmark, Barstow, California; Amboy Crater National Natural Landmark, Amboy, California; Cima volcanic ...
The National Natural Landmarks (NNL) Program recognizes and encourages the conservation of outstanding examples of the natural history of the United States. [1] It is the only national natural areas program that identifies and recognizes the best examples of biological and geological features in both public and private ownership.
Salt Ponds of Amboy. The town is south of the Granite Mountains, Providence Mountains, and the Mojave National Preserve. Adjacent to the south is the landmark Amboy Crater, and beyond to the southeast the Bullion Mountains. To the south is Bristol Dry Lake and the community of Cadiz, California. [citation needed]
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.