# La Garita Caldera

- **Country:** United States
- **Coordinates:** 37.756389, -106.934167
- **Type:** Caldera
- **Range:** San Juan Mountains
- **Location:** Mineral County, Colorado, US, around Creede
- **Last Eruption:** 26.3 Ma (Fish Canyon Tuff 27.8 Ma)

La Garita Caldera is a large and extinct caldera in the San Juan volcanic field in the San Juan Mountains around the town of Creede in southwestern Colorado, United States. It is west of La Garita, Colorado. The eruption that created the La Garita Caldera is among the largest known volcanic eruptions in Earth's history, as well as being one of the most powerful known supervolcanic events.

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