Volcanic eruption

Eruption of Dotsero

2200 BCE · 39.66° N, 107.04° W

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What the records say

When
2200 BCE
Kind
Volcanic eruption
Coordinates
39.66° N, 107.04° W
Vei
2
Date uncertainty
± 300 years
Dated by
Isotopic: 14C (uncalibrated)
Volcano number
328010
Eruption number
20702
Vei modifier
?

Dotsero

Volcano in Colorado, United States

Dotsero Crater is an elongate, 2,300 ft (700 m) long by 1,300 ft (400 m) wide, maar incised into sedimentary strata of the side of a mountain, called Blowout Hill, and local, irregular, mountainous topography. At an elevation of 7,316 ft (2,230 m), its north rim lies about 330 ft (100 m) higher than its south rim. Dotsero Crater is about 1,300 ft (400 m) deep.

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