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Capulin Volcano National Monument is a U.S. National Monument located in northeastern New Mexico that protects and interprets an extinct cinder cone volcano and is part of the Raton-Clayton volcanic field. A paved road spirals gradually around the volcano and visitors can drive up to a parking lot at the rim of the extinct volcano.
The Valles Caldera (or Jemez Caldera) is a 13.7-mile (22.0 km) wide volcanic caldera in the Jemez Mountains of northern New Mexico. [1] Hot springs, streams, fumaroles, natural gas seeps, and volcanic domes dot the caldera landscape. [4]
Vulcan, named after the Roman god of fire, is an inactive volcano on the West Mesa near Albuquerque, New Mexico. It is the largest of six volcanoes in the Albuquerque volcanic field within Petroglyph National Monument. Vulcan is a spatter cone volcano, formed primarily by lava fountains that were active in the central vent and in smaller vents ...
Sierra Grande is the largest volcano in the Raton-Clayton volcanic field. Its flows range in age from 3.8 to 2.6 million years. The volcano is largely composed of two-pyroxene andesite, a rock type found almost nowhere else in the Raton-Clayton volcanic field.
Highest point; Elevation: 1,550 to 2,700 meters (5,090 to 8,860 ft) [1] Coordinates: 1]: Dimensions; Area: 20,000 square kilometres (7,700 sq mi) [2]: Geography; Location: New Mexico, US: Topo map: USGS Folsom: Geology; Rock age: Miocene-to-Pleistocene [1] [3]: Mountain type: Volcanic field: Volcanic arc/belt: Rio Grande Rift [4] [5]: Last eruption: 58,000 to 62,000 years ago [6]: The Raton ...
New eruptions are likely to happen in the future. ... There are around 200 volcanoes in Texas that have been extinct for millions of years, making them unlikely to erupt again, because the volcano ...
JA Volcano, as seen from its western flank, at Petroglyph National Monument in New Mexico Black Volcano in Petroglyph National Monument, as seen from its south, at the trail head connecting it to JA volcano on January 14, 2009. The Albuquerque volcanic field is a monogenetic volcanic field in the Albuquerque Basin in New Mexico, United
Haleakalā or East Maui Volcano: 3055: 10,023 ... New Mexico. Name Elevation Location Last eruption meters feet Coordinates; Albuquerque volcanic field: 1,840: 6,030