CAPULIN VOLCANO NATIONAL MONUMENT


Meaning of CAPULIN VOLCANO NATIONAL MONUMENT in English

national monument in northeastern New Mexico, U.S., established in 1916 as Capulin Mountain National Monument. Its boundary was changed in 1962, and it was renamed on Dec. 31, 1987. The monument, which covers some 793 acres (321 hectares), contains the cinder cone of an inactive volcano.

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