Rift volcanoes Rift volcanoes Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve is a national monument and national preserve located in the Snake River Plain in central Idaho near Arco, Idaho. The features in this protected area are volcanic and represent one of the best preserved flood basalt areas in the continental United States. ...more on Wikipedia about "Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve"
Lake Nyos is a crater lake in the Northwest Province of Cameroon, located at . Nyos is a deep lake high on the flank of an inactive volcano near Mount Oku, along the Cameroon Line of volcanic activity. A natural dam of volcanic rock hems in the lake waters. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lake Nyos"
Mount Cameroon (also known as Cameroon Mountain or Fako) is an active volcano in Cameroon, near the Gulf of Guinea and is part of a general area of volcanic activity the Cameroon Volcanic Line, which also includes Lake Nyos, the site of the 1986 Lake Nyos tragedy. The volcano last erupted on March 28, 1999 and May 28, 2000. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mount Cameroon"
Sunset Crater is a cinder cone located north of Flagstaff, Arizona in the United States. The crater lies within the Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sunset Crater"
Valle Grande, known to geologists as the Valles Caldera and the Jemez Caldera, is a scenic area in the Jemez Mountains of northern New Mexico in the United States. It is the south-east part of what remains of a very large volcano, or supervolcano, which erupted in ancient times and helped shape the Jemez Mountains. ...more on Wikipedia about "Valle Grande"
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