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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.
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.
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.
Mojave Trails National Monument is a large U.S. National Monument located in the state of California between Interstates 15 and 40. [1] The park was created to preserve a wide variety of geological and cultural features including several titular trails - the Old Spanish Trail , the World War II -era Desert Training Center and Route 66 .
Nevada National Natural Landmarks (clickable map) Name Image Date Location County Ownership Description Berlin–Ichthyosaur State Park: 1973 ... Lunar Crater: 1973
National Natural Landmarks of Nevada as designated by the National Park Service The main article for this category is National Natural Landmark . See also: List of National Natural Landmarks
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
The Bristol Mountains are found in the Mojave Desert of California, USA, just west of Mojave National Preserve.The range, which reaches an elevation of 3,874 feet (1,181 m), is located in San Bernardino County, and crosses Interstate 40 between Ludlow and the Granite Mountains.