Croscat volcano (Ebro Basin, deformed foreland)

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Croscat is one of forty volcanoes Volcanic Area Garrotxa. Special importance that is given by the following facts:

1. Is the largest strombolian conus in the Iberian Peninsula (160 m high and 800 m in diameter).

1. Is the youngest volcano in the Iberian Peninsula (the last eruption has only about 11,500 years).

1. A part of conus was exploited, opening an interesting outcrop which today allows a detailed observation and has a high educational value.

1. Led to an lava outflow of 20 km2, type aa. About this is the casting of the Jordà beechwood, a most interesting mature forests of Catalonia.

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Guia de la zona volcànica de la Garrotxa