Lavic Lake Volcano
Updated: Jan 18, 2025 11:40 GMT -
volcanic field 1495 m / 4,905 ft
California (Canada and USA (mainland)), 34.75°N / -116.63°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
California (Canada and USA (mainland)), 34.75°N / -116.63°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Lavic Lake, a dry lakebed in the Mojave desert, California, is a volcanic field of 4 cinder cones, 3 of which are in the Lavic Lake area and a fourth in the Rodman Maountains 20 km to the west.
Pisgah crater is the main feature, a prominent 100 m high cinder cone north of Lavic Lake surrounded by an 80 km2 basalt lava flow field.
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Lavic Lake volcano eruptions:
Latest nearby earthquakes
Jan 17, 09:31 pm (Universal Time) | 1.7 2.1 km | 23 km (14 mi) to the S | 38 km WSW of Ludlow, CA | Info |
Background
Vents near Pisgah crater were the source of mostly pahoehoe lava flows that traveled 8 km SE to Lavic Lake, and in a narrow lobe as far as 18 km west of the vent. Paleomagnetic, argon-argon, and cosmogenic helium dated locate it at about 25,000 years before present. Another very youthful looking, but undated cinder cone and lava field of the Lavic Lake volcanic field is located in the Sunshine Peak area of the Lava Beds Mountains, south of the better known Pisgah Crater.---
Source: GVP Lavic Lake information
Latest satellite images
Lavic Lake Volcano Maps
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Satellite/aerial-type map of Lavic Lake volcano (world scale)
Terrain-type map of Lavic Lake volcano (world scale)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Lavic Lake volcano (region scale large)
Terrain-type map of Lavic Lake volcano (region scale large)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Lavic Lake volcano (region scale medium)
Terrain-type map of Lavic Lake volcano (region scale medium)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Lavic Lake volcano (region scale small)
Terrain-type map of Lavic Lake volcano (region scale small)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Lavic Lake volcano (local scale large)
Terrain-type map of Lavic Lake volcano (local scale large)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Lavic Lake volcano (local scale medium)
Terrain-type map of Lavic Lake volcano (local scale medium)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Lavic Lake volcano (local scale small)
Terrain-type map of Lavic Lake volcano (local scale small)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Lavic Lake volcano (scale of 10s of km)
Terrain-type map of Lavic Lake volcano (scale of 10s of km)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Lavic Lake volcano (scale of 20-40 km)
Terrain-type map of Lavic Lake volcano (scale of 20-40 km)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Lavic Lake volcano (scale of approx. 10-20 km)
Terrain-type map of Lavic Lake volcano (scale of approx. 10-20 km)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Lavic Lake volcano (scale of 5-10 km)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Lavic Lake volcano (scale of few kilometers)