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North America / United States / Idaho / Big Southern Butte
Record SL-640220 · Wikidata Q4906398

Big Southern Butte

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Elevation
2,273 m
7,457 ft
Prominence
Isolation
Coordinates
43.4013° N, 113.0239° W
Grid ref
Big Southern Butte
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Description

Wikipedia

Big Southern Butte is the largest and youngest (300,000 years old) of three rhyolitic domes formed over a million years near the center of the Eastern Snake River Plain in the U.S. state of Idaho. It is one of the largest volcanic domes on Earth. It rises approximately 2500 vertical feet (762 m) above the lava plain in southern Butte County, east of Craters of the Moon National Monument. Big Southern Butte consists of two coalesced lava domes with a base diameter of 6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi) and a combined volume of approximately 8 cubic kilometres (1.9 cu mi).

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Neighbouring summits

Name Elevation Bearing Distance
Big Butte 2,296 m S 176° 0.6 km