The Black Butte Crater Lava Field, formerly known as Shoshone Lava Field is a lava plain in the U.S. state of Idaho, located in Lincoln County north of the city of Shoshone.
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It is the westernmost of the young lava fields occupying the Snake River Plain. The latest volcanic activity occurred during the Holocene period.[1]
References
edit- ^ "Shoshone Lava Field". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
External links
edit- Black Butte Crater Lava Field. In: volcanoes.usgs.gov, United States Geological Survey
43°11′01″N 114°20′53″W / 43.18361°N 114.34806°W