Pumice Desert - Prominent Geological Features of Crater Lake National Park
The Pumice Desert is a broad flat in the northern section of
the park. This desert was covered with pumice and ash more than 200 feet
deep in some places by the explosion of Mount Mazama. It has only started to
be invaded by scattered lodgepole pines. Due to its scarcity of organic
matter, few plants have taken hold to further enrich the soil.
Pumice Desert, Crater Lake National Park, photo by
Robert Mutch
Note: the numbers associated with each feature
name above correspond to their place on the Custom Google Map below
Related Materials
Flows down the north slope,
"The Climax: Culminating Explosions of Pumice and Scoria," The Geology of Crater Lake National Park, Oregon (1942) by Howell Williams
Research Natural Areas, Nature Notes From Crater Lake, Vol. 31 2000, by Steve Mark
Pumice Desert
Revisited, Nature Notes From Crater Lake, Vol. 32-33, by Elizabeth Mueller Horn
