Sunset Crater in northern Arizona is one of the youngest volcanoes in the USA. It is named for its brilliantly colored scoria deposits on the cone and only one of more than 550 vents of the vast San Francisco volcanic field.
The last eruption took place sometime between about 1080 and 1150 AD.
In the late 1920s, a Hollywood filmmaker planned to use Sunset Crater as movie set and use dynamite to simulate an eruption, but local resistance stopped these plans.
cinder cone 2447 m / 8,028 ft
Arizona, Canada and USA (mainland), 35.37°N / -111.5°W
Current status:
normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
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Sunset Crater volcano eruptions:
A.D. 1064 or 1065 (dendrochronology) OR around 1100 AD
Typical eruption style:strombolian
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Sunset Crater volcano news & activity updates:
Sunset crater (Arizona, USA): rumors about steaming likely false, volcano remains dormant
Sat, 6 Jun 2015, 11:07
11:07 AM | BY: T
Recent rumors about steaming from Sunset crater, and speculation of a possible reawakening of the volcano are most likely based on false or fake information. The volcano, one of Arziona's youngest, last erupted about 1000 years ago, but shows currently no signs of reawakening.
Of course, future eruptions are an entirely possible scenario - however, there's no indication this is about to occur right now.
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