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Global Volcanism Program | Image GVP-06763

Amboy Crater is a complex cone formed of at least four nested craters.  The rims of two relatively undissected inner cones can be seen in this view from the SE rim of the outer crater of the 75-m-high cinder cone.  The two outer cones are breached on their western sides, out of view to the left.  Amboy crater is surrounded by a 70-sq-km basaltic lava field.  The Bristol Mountains form the skyline. Photo by Lee Siebert, 1997 (Smithsonian Institution).

Amboy Crater is a complex cone formed of at least four nested craters. The rims of two relatively undissected inner cones can be seen in this view from the SE rim of the outer crater of the 75-m-high cinder cone. The two outer cones are breached on their western sides, out of view to the left. Amboy crater is surrounded by a 70-sq-km basaltic lava field. The Bristol Mountains form the skyline.

Photo by Lee Siebert, 1997 (Smithsonian Institution).

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