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Panum Crater

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Panum Crater

California, United States
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mountain in United States of America

Panum Crater is a volcanic cone that is part of the Mono–Inyo Craters, a chain of recent volcanic cones south of Mono Lake and east of the Sierra Nevada, in California, United States. Panum Crater is between 600 and 700 years old, and it exhibits all of the characteristics of the textbook rhyolitic lava dome.

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Panum Crater Plug Trail, Mono County, California

Coordinates: 37.92970, -119.04500

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