Lunar Crater National Natural Landmark


Lunar Crater National Natural Landmark is Volcanic field landmark located 70 miles (110 km) east-northeast of Tonopah in Nye County, in central Nevada.

Volcanic features

A 400-acre (1.6 km2) depression that is thought to have been formed by a past volcanic explosion, and one of two maars in the volcanic field of the Pancake Range. It was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1973.

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