Strawberry Crater is a breached cinder cone in the northeastern San Francisco volcanic field on Arizona's Colorado Plateau. The crater formed about 50,000 years before the present. In its final eruptive stage, a lava flow breached the lower east sector of the cone, breaching the cone and rafting off the east flank. Strawberry is probably named for the red-oxidized cinders and agglutinate that mantle the cone summit and upper flanks. Coincidentally, this volcanic vent was a prodigious producer of small almond-shaped volcanic bombs. (Image courtesy of Ted Grussing.) For more information, see Wolfe & Hahn (1982) 'Geologic and geochemical analysis of the Strawberry Crater area, Coconino County, Arizona. (https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Prodesc/proddesc_7112.htm)
Photographer: Ted Grussing
Photo Date: 2017
Latitude: 35.4311916667
Longitude: -111.459496667
Photo Location Accuracy: Known Location
Photo Tags: Strawberry Crater, San Francisco volcanic field, cinder cone, lava flow, geohazard