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Volcano Attractions In Crater Lake National Park

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Crater Lake National Park is an American national park located in southern Oregon. Established in 1902, Crater Lake is the fifth-oldest national park in the United States and the only national park in Oregon. The park encompasses the caldera of Crater Lake, a remnant of a destroyed volcano, Mount Mazama, and the surrounding hills and forests. The lake is 1,949 feet deep at its deepest point, which makes it the deepest lake in the United States, the second-deepest in North America and the ninth-deepest in the world. Crater Lake is often referred to as the seventh-deepest lake in the world, but this former listing excludes the approximately 3,000-foot de...
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Volcano Attractions In Crater Lake National Park

  • 1. Mount Scott Crater Lake National Park
    Mount Mazama is a complex volcano in the Oregon segment of the Cascade Volcanic Arc and the Cascade Range, in the United States, that was destroyed due to a major eruption that took place 7,700 years ago. Located in Klamath County, the volcano resides 60 miles to the north of the border between Oregon and California in the southern Cascades. Its collapsed caldera holds Crater Lake, and the entire mountain is located within Crater Lake National Park. Mazama has an elevation of 8,157 feet , and Crater Lake reaches a depth of 1,943 feet , making it the deepest freshwater body in the United States and the second deepest in North America after Great Slave Lake in Canada. Mazama formed as a group of overlapping volcanic edifices such as shield volcanoes and small composite cones, becoming active...
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