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Wapi Lava Field

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  • Country
  • Volcanic Region
  • Landform | Volc Type
  • Last Known Eruption
  • 42.8859°N
  • 113.2166°W

  • 1,597 m
    5,240 ft

  • 324030
  • Latitude
  • Longitude

  • Summit
    Elevation

  • Volcano
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The Global Volcanism Program has no activity reports available for Wapi Lava Field.

The Global Volcanism Program has no Weekly Reports available for Wapi Lava Field.

The Global Volcanism Program has no Bulletin Reports available for Wapi Lava Field.

This compilation of synonyms and subsidiary features may not be comprehensive. Features are organized into four major categories: Cones, Craters, Domes, and Thermal Features. Synonyms of features appear indented below the primary name. In some cases additional feature type, elevation, or location details are provided.

Eruptive History

There is data available for 1 confirmed Holocene eruptive periods.

0300 BCE (?) Confirmed Eruption VEI: 2 (?)

Episode 1 | Eruption Kings Bowl Rift, Wapi Lava Field
0300 BCE (?) - Unknown Evidence from Correlation: Tephrochronology
 The Kings Bowl Rift flows and the massive Wapi Lava Field flows are placed at 2,250 BP by stratigraphic position in flows of eruptive period A of the Craters of the Moon Great Rift Zone (Kuntz et al., 1982). Earlier 14C dates were 2,360 ± 150 and 2,130 ± 130 BP.

List of 3 Events for Episode 1 at Kings Bowl Rift, Wapi Lava Field

Start Date End Date Event Type Event Remarks
   - - - -    - - - - Phreatic activity weak or small
   - - - -    - - - - Lava flow
0300 BCE
(?)
   - - - - VEI (Explosivity Index)
Deformation History

There is no Deformation History data available for Wapi Lava Field.

Emission History

There is no Emissions History data available for Wapi Lava Field.

GVP Map Holdings

Maps are not currently available due to technical issues.

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Smithsonian Sample Collections Database

There are no samples for Wapi Lava Field in the Smithsonian's NMNH Department of Mineral Sciences Rock and Ore collection.

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