Laacher Lake: Cinder Cone
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tonayo
N 50° 24.470 E 007° 16.752
32U E 377725 N 5585392
Quick Description: This Waymark leads you to the small peninsula "Jägerspitze" the most eastern part of a Basalt cinder cone.
Location: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Date Posted: 11/18/2009 9:23:18 AM
Waymark Code: WM7PJJ
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Long Description:
The quarry shows beautifully the structure of a stratovolcano.
Between the red basalt cinder layers you can see grey solidified
lava layers originated from ejected lava drops. On the top right
the cinder is overlaid from loess and another material of volcanic
rock. So the "Alte-Burg-Vulkan" (Old-Castle-Vulcano) is older than
the Laacher pumice stone eruption. Cinder cones are the simplest
type of volcano. They are built from particles and blobs of
congealed lava ejected from a single vent. As the gas-charged lava
is blown violently into the air, it breaks into small fragments
that solidify and fall as cinders around the vent to form a
circular or oval cone. Most cinder cones have a bowl-shaped crater
at the summit and rarely rise more than a thousand feet or so above
their surroundings.
Waymark is confirmed to be publicly accessible: yes
Parking Coordinates: N 50° 24.192 W 007° 15.279
Requires a high clearance vehicle to visit.: no
Requires 4x4 vehicle to visit.: no
Public Transport available: yes
Website reference: [Web Link]
Access fee (In local currency): Not Listed
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Visit Instructions:
No specific requirements, just have fun visiting the waymark.
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