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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.
Volcano (formerly Soldier's Gulch and The Volcano) is a census-designated place [4] in Amador County, California. It lies at an elevation of 2,070 feet (631 m). It lies at an elevation of 2,070 feet (631 m).
Volcano House, also known as the Cinder Cone House, near Newberry Springs in San Bernadino County, Southern California, United States, is a mid-century modern house built in 1968–1969 on top of a 150 ft (46 m)-high extinct volcanic cinder cone.
It is also the southernmost non-extinct volcano of the Cascade Range (specifically, the Shasta Cascade part of the range). The 10,457 ft (3,187 m) tall volcano sits on the north-east flank of the remains of Mount Tehama, a stratovolcano that was a thousand feet (305 m) higher than Lassen and 11 to 15 mi (18 to 24 km) wide at its base. [8]
Pisgah Crater, or Pisgah Volcano, is a young volcanic cinder cone rising above a lava plain in the Mojave Desert, between Barstow and Needles, California in San Bernardino County, California. The volcanic peak is around 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of historic U.S. Route 66 - National Old Trails Highway and of Interstate 40 , and west of the town ...
Mt. Shasta, California's largest volcano, had many eruptions in prehistoric times but has remained quiet in the modern era. And like the Long Valley Caldera, the magma beneath Lassen Volcanic ...
Cerro de la Calavera (also known as Mount Calavera) is an 513 ft (156 m) [1] ancient plug dome volcano that last erupted 22 million years ago during the subduction of the Farallon Plate. [3] [better source needed] It is located within the city of Carlsbad, California in the United States. Cerro de la Calavera is only one of three volcanic plugs ...
As the second-tallest volcano in Northern California, trailing only Mount Shasta, [10] Lassen Peak is frequently visited by climbers and hikers from around the world. [95] The summit opens for use most years near the end of June, remaining in use until heavy snow falls in October or November. [ 96 ]