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The crater is half a mile (one kilometer) wide and 500 to 777 feet (152 to 237 m) deep. The age of the crater is estimated from 2,000 to 7,000 years old. [1] In 2012, new evidence suggested that the crater may be as young as 800 years old, although this estimation was a lower bound, and it is still possible the crater is much older than that.
Death Valley National Park. The Ubehebe Craters are a volcanic field in the northern Death Valley of California, consisting of 14–16 craters in a 3-square-kilometre (1.2 sq mi) area. The largest of the craters is the 800 metres (2,600 ft) wide and 235 metres (771 ft) deep Ubehebe Crater. Many of the craters, though, are partially buried and ...
One example of such a feature is the roughly 2000-year-old and 800 feet (240 m) deep Ubehebe Crater in the northern part of the park; [28] nearby smaller craters may be less than 200 to 300 years old. [29] Sediment filled the subsiding Furnace Creek Basin as the area was pulled apart by Basin and Range extension.
The eye-opening 600-foot (183-meter) Ubehebe Crater dates back over 2,000 years. And Zabriskie Point is a prime sunrise viewing spot. Eugen Chen from Taiwan called the park “beautiful” and an ...
Ubehebe Crater is the largest of more than a dozen of in the Ubehebe Craters field. As groundwater exploded into steam due to the heat of magma underneath, an empty pit was left behind and the debris spread around the field. Erosion over the millennia since the eruption revealed multi-colored stripes on the crater walls dating to the Miocene ...
The name "Ubehebe" (pronounced YOO-bee-HEE-bee), which is shared by the nearby Ubehebe Crater, was likely given by the Paiute Tribe that resides in the Inyo County region. Although there is a popular misconception that the name "Ubehebe" means "big basket," the word likely originated from the Paiute term "hïbi-bici," which translates to "woman ...
Mount Shasta (/ ˈʃæstə / SHASS-tə; Shasta: Waka-nunee-Tuki-wuki; [5] Karuk: Úytaahkoo) [6] is a potentially active [7] volcano at the southern end of the Cascade Range in Siskiyou County, California. At an elevation of 14,179 ft (4,322 m), it is the second-highest peak in the Cascades and the fifth-highest in the state.
The highest point surrounding the Racetrack is the 5,678-foot (1,731 m) high Ubehebe Peak, rising 1,964 feet (599 m) above the lakebed 0.85 miles (1.37 km) to the west. [ citation needed ] The playa is in the small Racetrack Valley endorheic basin between the Cottonwood Mountains on the east and Nelson Range to the west.