Shoshone lava field

The Shoshone lava field is a lava plain in the U.S. state of Idaho, located in Lincoln County north of the city of Shoshone.

It is the westernmost of the young lava fields accupying the Snake River Plain. The latest volcanic activity occurred during the Holocene period.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Shoshone Lava Field". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.

Coordinates: 43°11′01″N 114°20′53″W / 43.18361°N 114.34806°W / 43.18361; -114.34806

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