Willow Peak Volcano
Updated: Apr 20, 2024 00:52 GMT -
Pyroclastic cone 3061 m / 10043 ft
Colorado, United States, 39.66°N / -107.17°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
Colorado, United States, 39.66°N / -107.17°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
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Willow Peak volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)
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Background
The Willow Peak cinder cone is located in the White River National Forest, and can be reached from Coffee Pot Road. Although geomorphically young, this cone is regarded as somewhat older than the Dotsero lava flow (about 4,000 years before present). A lava flow that traveled 5.5 km to the east.---
Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information