Sawtooth Crater
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| Sawtooth Crater | |
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| Mountain type | Shield volcano[1][2] |
Sawtooth Crater, also known as Sawtooth Ridge, is a shield volcano[3][4] and volcanic crater[5] in Baker and Union counties of Oregon.
Geography
[edit]Sawtooth Crater is bordered to the north and northeast by the Wallowa Mountains and is located northeast of Baker City, Oregon.
Geology
[edit]Sawtooth Crater is a shield volcano of unknown age. It has a volcanic plug and two radial dikes.[6][7] It also has olivine basalt and platy andesite.[8][9]
Hiking
[edit]Sawtooth Crater can be hiked to via a road used by the U.S. Forest Service road that starts at Medical Springs.[10][11]
References
[edit]- ^ https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/wallowa-whitman/recreation/recarea/?recid=82592#:~:text=The%20Sawtooth%20'shield'%20is%20about,radial%20dikes%20and%20central%20plug.
- ^ /https://pubs.oregon.gov/dogami/og/OBv31n09.pdf
- ^ https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/wallowa-whitman/recreation/recarea/?recid=82592#:~:text=The%20Sawtooth%20'shield'%20is%20about,radial%20dikes%20and%20central%20plug.
- ^ /https://pubs.oregon.gov/dogami/og/OBv31n09.pdf
- ^ /https://pubs.oregon.gov/dogami/gms/GMS-007.pdf
- ^ https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/wallowa-whitman/recreation/recarea/?recid=82592#:~:text=The%20Sawtooth%20'shield'%20is%20about,radial%20dikes%20and%20central%20plug.
- ^ /https://pubs.oregon.gov/dogami/og/OBv31n09.pdf
- ^ https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/wallowa-whitman/recreation/recarea/?recid=82592#:~:text=The%20Sawtooth%20'shield'%20is%20about,radial%20dikes%20and%20central%20plug.
- ^ /https://pubs.oregon.gov/dogami/og/OBv31n09.pdf
- ^ https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/wallowa-whitman/recreation/recarea/?recid=82592#:~:text=The%20Sawtooth%20'shield'%20is%20about,radial%20dikes%20and%20central%20plug.
- ^ /https://pubs.oregon.gov/dogami/og/OBv31n09.pdf