Red Hill Volcano
Updated: Jun 6, 2024 16:30 GMT -
Volcanic field 2,300 m / 7,546 ft
New Mexico, 34.25°N / -108.83°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
New Mexico, 34.25°N / -108.83°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
Red Hill, also known as Red Hill-Quemado, is a volcanic field in western New Mexico across the border from the Springerville volcanic field in Arizona. It contains more than 40 cinder cones and maars that were active from the late Miocene (approx. 12 million years ago) to early the Holocene approx. 10,000 years ago.
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Red Hill volcano eruptions: 9450 BC
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Background
Red Hill-Quemado volcanic field lies along the NE-trending Jemez lineament that extends from SE Colorado to east-central Arizona. Recent dating by Onken and Forman (2017) shows that three eruptive events took place at the Red Hill-Quemado volcanic field during the early Holocene, and that the renowned 2-km-wide Zuni Salt Lake maar with its late-stage nested cinder cones was formed about 11,000-11,800 calibrated years ago.Red Hill Volcano Photos
The lights of Goma town in the background left remind me of standing on Etna volcano and looking down to Catania... (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Time to wake up and enjoy the last hour of darkness before sunrise! As usual, Gilles is already up before all others and standing at the crater rim behind, to watch the l...
The dry salt crust of the salt lake is colored red from dust and orange salts. The high walls of the Rift Valley are in the background. The the right; the eroded salt tow...
Nyiragongo volcano at night: Gilles in his favorite position, watching the fascinating movements of the lava lake at night for hours. The lights of Goma are visible in th...
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