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Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes

Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, Alaska
Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes / R. McGimsey, / public domain

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Valley which is filled with volcanic ash from an eruption in 1912. The layer of ashes is up to 210 m deep. After the eruption there formed thousands of fumaroles from this ashfield, most are extinct by now. Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes now is crisscrossed with deep river canyons.

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GPS coordinates
58.36751 N 155.349402 W
Location, address
North America, United States, Alaska, Lake and Peninsula, west from Mount Griggs

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