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Whitefish Maar

... that the largest maars (example pictured) on Earth, found at the Alaskan volcanic field of Espenberg, formed when magma explosively interacted with ice in the ground?
... that part of the spire of Zagreb Cathedral broke off during a 2020 earthquake?
... that a fisherman who was presumed dead during Typhoon Emma in 1959 returned for his funeral meal ten days later?
... that the 1992 St. George earthquake caused more damage outside St. George, Utah, than within it?
... that the Valley of the Volcanoes in Peru, with its many lava flows and scoria cones, is of interest both to tourists and scientists?
... that Black Cap Mountain can be seen from both Bangor, Maine, and the sea?

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