Soda Lakes

Soda Lakes
West half of Soda Lake T.H. O'Sullivan
Soda Lakes Location in Nevada
Location	Churchill County, Nevada, US
Coordinates	39°31′48″N 118°52′12″W / 39.53000°N 118.87000°W / 39.53000; -118.87000Coordinates: 39°31′48″N 118°52′12″W / 39.53000°N 118.87000°W / 39.53000; -118.87000
Type	Maars, volcanic explosion craters
Age	Holocene
Last eruption	A.D. 512
Surface elevation	1,251 m (4,104 ft)

Maars, volcanic explosion craters

The Soda Lakes are two lakes located northwest of Fallon, Nevada. They occupy two basaltic maar volcanoes which may have erupted in the last 1500 years from 2012. The larger lake (called Soda Lake) is somewhat elongated, stretching 2 kilometers (1.2 mi) in length, while the smaller one (Little Soda Lake) is 200 meters (660 ft) across. According to an early study of Soda Lakes, Russell (1885) describes the Soda Lake basin as follows: