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Islota Pelón (upper left), just off the NW coast of Isla Isabel, is the outer rim of a mostly submerged cone whose SE rim (center) is located on the tip of the main island. A narrow lava flow seen diagonally from the lower right to the bay is part of the Planicie lava flow and is the product of the youngest eruption on Isla Isabel. Photo by Jim Luhr, 1995 (Smithsonian Institution).

Islota Pelón (upper left), just off the NW coast of Isla Isabel, is the outer rim of a mostly submerged cone whose SE rim (center) is located on the tip of the main island. A narrow lava flow seen diagonally from the lower right to the bay is part of the Planicie lava flow and is the product of the youngest eruption on Isla Isabel.

Photo by Jim Luhr, 1995 (Smithsonian Institution).

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Keywords: tuff cone | erosion

Isla Isabel

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