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Valles Caldera National Preserve

The Valles Caldera National Preserve is an unusual unit of the United States national park system in the of . It preserves a huge volcanic structure of great scenic and scientific value.
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  • Type: Crater
  • Description: mountain in United States of America
  • Also known as: “Jamez Caldera”, “Jamez eruption”, “Jamez supervolcano”, “Jemez Caldera”, “Jemez Crater”, “Jemez eruption”, “Jemez supervolcano”, and “Valles Caldera”

Valles Caldera National Preserve

Latitude
35.9° or 35° 54′ 0″ north
Longitude
-106.5506° or 106° 33′ 2″ west
Elevation
9,383 feet (2,860 metres)
Open location code
857MWC2X+2Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 357582868
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­crater
Geo­Names ID
5496403
Wiki­data ID
Q2509327
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Spanish—“Valles Caldera National Preserve” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Valles Caldera”
  • Chinese: “华尔利斯火山口国家保护区”
  • Dutch: “Valles Caldera”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل ڤاليس كالديرا”
  • French: “caldeira des vallées”
  • French: “Caldeira des vallées”
  • French: “Jamez Caldera”
  • French: “Valles Caldera”
  • German: “Valles-Caldera”
  • Indonesian: “Kaldera Valles”
  • Japanese: “ヴァレスカルデラ”
  • Japanese: “バイアスカルデラ”
  • Ladin: “Valles Caldera”
  • Malay: “Gunung Berapi Valles Caldera”
  • Malayalam: “വാലെസ് കാൾഡേറ”
  • Portuguese: “Valle Grande (vulcão)”
  • Portuguese: “Valle Grande”
  • Russian: “Валлес-кальдера”
  • Spanish: “Caldera de los Valles”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Valles Caldera National Preserve”. Photo: Thomas Shahan, CC BY 2.0.