Volcano list
Geronimo
(Volcanic field 1300 m / 4265 ft)San Francisco Volcanic Field
(polygenetic volcanic field, cinder cones, stratovolcano 2770 m / 9,088 ft)Sentinel Plain
(Volcanic field 160 m / 525 ft)Springerville Volcanic Field
(Volcanic field 3091 m / 10141 ft)Sunset Crater
(cinder cone 2447 m / 8,028 ft)
Snow-mantled Sunset Crater (left-center), seen from O'Leary Peak to the NW, is the youngest volcanic feature of the San Francisco Mountain volcanic field, which covers a vast area of northern Arizona between Flagstaff and the Grand Canyon. The Sunset Crater eruption began about 1100 AD from a chain of cinder cones and vents trending NW-SE, the largest of which is Sunset Crater. Three lava flows were erupted, the longest of which traveled 11 km to the NE. Photo by Ed Wolfe, 1973 (U.S. Geological Survey)
The last eruption took place sometime between abo... [mehr Infos]
