Plateau of Fire

Plateau of Fire (HM1NS1)

Location: Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190 Teton County
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Country: United States of America
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N 44° 37.768', W 110° 51.764'

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The cliff in front of you shows a flood of lava in cross-section. It may be difficult to imagine the forested Yellowstone Plateau covered with bubbling, hissing lava, but the rocks contain the evidence. Up close, you can see that the dark rhyolite cliff is pocked with volcanic bubbles.Waterfalls are further clues. Where the river reaches the edge of a hard lava flow, it erodes softer rock downstream, quarrying a steeper and steeper fall. Once you know what to look for, Yellowstone's scenery begins to simmer with volcanic drama - fire turned to stone.Cracks in the plateau oozed lava for hundreds of thousands of years. The most recent magma eruption was only 60,000 years ago; volcanic activity is still possible here.
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HM NumberHM1NS1
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Placed ByNational Park Service
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Date Added Wednesday, September 9th, 2015 at 5:01pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)12T E 510888 N 4941799
Decimal Degrees44.62946667, -110.86273333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 44° 37.768', W 110° 51.764'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds44° 37' 46.08" N, 110° 51' 45.84" W
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Area Code(s)307
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling North
Closest Postal AddressAt or near Firehole Canyon Rd, Yellowstone National Park WY 82190, US
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