Capulin Volcano National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)
WEBJun 2, 2024 · Explore an Extinct Cinder Cone Volcano. Part of the 8,000 square mile Raton-Clayton Volcanic Field, Capulin Volcano showcases the volcanic geology of northeastern New Mexico.
Capulin Volcano National Monument - Wikipedia
WEBCapulin Volcano National Monument is a U.S. National Monument located in northeastern New Mexico that protects and interprets an extinct cinder cone volcano and is part of the Raton-Clayton volcanic field. A paved road spirals gradually around the volcano and visitors can drive up to a parking lot at the rim of the extinct volcano.
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WEBA Quick Look at Some Important Volcanoes and Volcanic Areas of New Mexico. Below is a brief overview of the top recommended places for beginning volcanologists to explore New Mexico's volcanic past…and imagine its future. For more volcanoes in New Mexico, visit the links above.
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WEBMuch of northeastern New Mexico is covered by vast sheets of lava that flowed from more than a hundred now-extinct volcanoes found in this region. The volcanic eruptions started about 9 million years ago and continued intermittently until about 37,000 years ago.
Capulin Volcano National Monument - National Park Foundation
WEBDec 20, 2023 · Although long extinct, Capulin Volcano National Monument is dramatic evidence of the volcanic processes that shaped northeastern New Mexico. Approximately 60,000 years ago, the rain of cooling cinders and four lava flows formed Capulin Volcano, a nearly perfectly-shaped cinder cone, rising more …
Volcanic Resources Summary—Capulin Volcano National …
WEBCapulin Volcano stands almost 1,000 feet (300 m) above the Visitor Center. Capulin’s four lava flows cover almost 16 (15.7) square miles (41 square km). Capulin Volcano erupted 54,200 years ago. It was built in a single eruption that probably only lasted a …
Geologic Activity - Capulin Volcano National Monument (U.S.
WEBMar 14, 2024 · Capulin Volcano is a cinder cone volcano that erupted into existence around 60,000 years ago. After its eruption ended, Capulin Volcano became extinct, although it was hardly the only volcano to erupt in this area.
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WEBCapulin Volcano National Monument, extinct volcano in northeastern New Mexico, U.S., about 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Raton. It was established in 1916 as Capulin Mountain National Monument, its boundary changed in 1962, and it was renamed in 1987. The monument, which covers 1.2 square miles.
Capulin Volcano National Monument | DarkSky International
WEBAug 9, 2016 · Capulin Volcano National Monument is a U.S. National Monument located in northeastern New Mexico that protects and interprets an extinct cinder cone volcano in the Raton-Clayton Volcanic Field near the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
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WEBAug 1, 2024 · Capulin Volcano erupted into existence 60,000 years ago. Firework-like rooster tails of glowing, superheated lava spewed high in the sky, solidified, and dropped back to Earth. The falling debris accumulated around the vent, forming a …