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Black Rock Desert
Volcanic field · 1,800 m · United States of America
Black Rock Desert sits on the North American Plate, in a rift zone. 1 eruption is known since the end of the last ice age, the most recent in 1290.
- Elevation
- 1,800 m
- Type
- Volcanic field
- Tectonic Setting
- Rift zone, continental crust
- Dominant Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Plate
- North American Plate
- Country
- United States of America
- Last Eruption
- 1290
- Known Eruptions (Holocene)
- 1
Eruption Timeline
Each bar is an eruption; its height shows its explosivity (VEI 0 to 8).
Eruption Uncertain Date
Sources : Global Volcanism Program, 2026. Volcanoes of the World (v. 5.4.0; 7 Aug 2026), Smithsonian Institution, doi:10.5479/si.GVP.VOTW5-2026.5.4 (volcano.si.edu) · NOAA NCEI · USGS · Wikidata