# Carrizozo Volcanic Field

- **Country:** United States
- **Coordinates:** 33.702778, -105.938056
- **Type:** volcanic field
- **Location:** Lincoln County, New Mexico,United States
- **Elevation:** 1565 to
- **Elevation M:** 1565
- **Last Eruption:** 3250 BCE ± 500 years
- **Volcanic Zone:** Rio Grande Rift

The Carrizozo volcanic field is a monogenetic volcanic field located in New Mexico, US. The volcanic field consists of two lava flows, the Broken Back flow and the Carrizozo lava flow (Carrizozo Malpais). Both lava flows originated from groups of cinder cones. The Broken Back flow is approximately long and the Carrizozo, one of the largest in the world, is long, covering with a volume of .

![Photo of Carrizozo Volcanic Field](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/Carrizozo_LeeSiebert_081088.jpg)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrizozo_Malpais (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)