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| Wizard Island | |
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 6,933 ft (2,113 m)[1] |
| Prominence | 755 ft (230 m)(varies with water level)[1] |
| Coordinates | 42°56′19″N 122°08′44″W / 42.9387395°N 122.1455841°W[2] |
| Geography | |
| Location | Klamath County, Oregon, U.S. |
| Parent range | Cascades |
| Topo map | USGS Crater Lake West |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Cinder cone |
| Volcanic arc | Cascade Volcanic Arc |
| Last eruption | About 4600 BC[3] |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | Trail[4] with boat access |
Wizard Island is a volcanic cinder cone which forms an island at the west end of Crater Lake in Crater Lake National Park, Oregon. The top of the island reaches 6,933 feet (2,113 m) above sea level, about 755 feet (230 m) above the average surface of the lake.
The cone is capped by a volcanic crater about 500 feet (150 m) wide and 100 feet (30 m) deep. The crater was named the "Witches Cauldron" by William Gladstone Steel in 1885, who also gave Wizard Island its name at the same time.[5] The land area of the island is 315.85 acres (127.82 ha).
- ^ a b "Wizard Island Peak, Oregon". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2008-11-14.
- ^ "Wizard Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2008-11-14.
- ^ "Crater Lake: Eruptive History". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2009-01-15.
- ^ Waesche, Hugh H. (July 1934). "The Geology Of Wizard Island". Crater Lake National Park: Nature Notes, Volume VII No. 1. National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
- ^ McArthur, Lewis A. and Lewis L. (1992). Oregon Geographic Names (6th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 957.