# West Crater

- **Country:** United States
- **Coordinates:** 45.874003, -122.083699
- **Age:** Holocene
- **Topo:** Lookout Mountain
- **Type:** lava dome
- **Range:** Cascade Range
- **Location:** Skamania County, Washington, U.S.
- **Elevation Ft:** 4131
- **Volcanic Arc:** Cascade Volcanic Arc
- **Last Eruption:** ~8,000 years BP
- **Volcanic Field:** Marble Mountain-Trout Creek Hill

West Crater is a small lava dome with associated lava flows in southern Washington, United States. Located in Skamania County, it rises to an elevation of , and forms part of the Cascade Volcanic Arc. It is also part of the Marble Mountain-Trout Creek Hill volcanic field, a little-known Quaternary volcanic field in the southern Cascades of Washington state. The area can be hiked, and can be accessed by roads in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest.

![Photo of West Crater](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/West_Crater_LeeSiebert_107020.jpg)

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