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Mountain Home-Kuna Lava Field volcano

Pyroclastic cone(s) 1040 m / 3412 ft
Idaho, United States, 43.2°N / -115.98°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5) | Reports
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Typical eruption style: unspecified
Mountain Home-Kuna Lava Field volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene) No recent earthquakes
TimeMag. / DepthDistanceLocation

Background:

This extensive field of Quaternary basalt extends about 95 km between Mountain Home and the Kuna-Melba area southeast of the Boise River Valley (Wood, 1997). Basaltic outcrops have been dated around 2 Ma at Wild Horse Butte and Jackass Butte.
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Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information

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By the time we have arrived on the NW side of the summit craters, the sun has risen and Etna drops her majestic morningshadow to the West over Sicily. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
By the time we have arrived on the NW side of the summit craters, the sun has risen and Etna drops her majestic morningshadow to the West over Sicily. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffe...
 The lava flow has destroyed the cable car (Etna eruption July 2011). (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
The lava flow has destroyed the cable car (Etna eruption July 2011). (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
 Strombolian activity at Etna's SE crater in October 2006. The lights of Catania in the background. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Strombolian activity at Etna's SE crater in October 2006. The lights of Catania in the background. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)



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