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Aniakchak National Monument & Preserve
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Aerial View Aniakchak Caldera Courtesy of USFWS
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Aerial View Aniakchak Caldera
 
Few people go to remote Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve. Its acres are among the least visited in the National Park System. Notoriously bad weather combines with costly and unpredictable access to discourage most would be visitors.
Although the unit is hard to get to it offers spectacular scenic vistas and examples of geologic and hydrologic activity.
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Did You Know?
Aniakchak Caldera is six miles (10 kilometers) across and 3,000 feet (1000 meters) deep. Created by a volcanic eruption approximately 3,500 years ago, the caldera resulted from the collapse of a 7,000 foot mountain.

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Last Updated: July 24, 2006 at 22:37 EST