Big Southern Butte

Big Southern Butte

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.

Details

Age
300,000 years
Topo
USGS Big Southern Butte
Type
Lava dome
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Location
Butte County, Idaho,United States
Designation1
NNL
Elevation Ft
7550
Prominence Ft
2380
Designation1 Date
1976