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Big Hole (Oregon)

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Age
  
Possibly 20,000 years

Elevation
  
1,448 m

Geology
  
Topo map
  
USGS Big Hole

Mountain range
  
Big Hole (Oregon) httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Location
  
Similar
  
Hole‑in‑the‑Ground, Aspen Butte, Fort Rock‑Christmas Lake Vall, Yamsay Mountain, Hogg Rock

Big Hole is a large maar (explosion crater) in the Fort Rock Basin of Lake County, central Oregon, northeast of Crater Lake, near Oregon Route 31. It is approximately 6000 ft (1820 m) across and 300 feet (91 m) deep.

Map of Big Hole, Oregon, USA

It is close to another smaller, but less-eroded maar crater, Hole-in-the-Ground.

References

Big Hole (Oregon) Wikipedia


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