Big_Hole_(Oregon)

Big Hole (Oregon)

Big Hole (Oregon)

Large volcanic explosion crater (Maar) in the state of Oregon

Big Hole is a large maar (explosion crater) in the Fort Rock basin of Lake County, central Oregon, northeast of Crater Lake, near Oregon Route 31. It is approximately 6000 ft (1820 m) across and 300 feet (91 m) deep.[3]

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It is close to another smaller, but less-eroded maar crater, Hole-in-the-Ground.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Lorenz, Volker (June 1970). "Some Aspects of the Eruption Mechanism of the Big Hole Maar, Central Oregon". GSA Bulletin. 81 (6). Geological Society of America: 1823–1830. doi:10.1130/0016-7606(1970)81[1823:SAOTEM]2.0.CO;2. Retrieved August 14, 2011.
  2. [2]
    "Big Hole". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
  3. [3]
    McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (Seventh ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. ISBN 0-87595-278-X.


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