Photo gallery of Paoha and Negit islands, Mono Lake, California

Photos of Paoha and Negit islands, Mono Lake, California

The islands of Mono Lake were built by recent eruptions of lava and cinder and by uplift of the shallow lake bottom caused by the rise of magma beneath the lake. The two islands are less than about 2,000 years old, and the lava flows on the north flank of Paoha Island are only about 250 years old.

	View of Negit Island toward the southwest; edge of Paoha Island visible in upper left
	Close view of Negit Island toward the northwest
	View of the northern part of Paoha Island; view is toward the south

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U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California, USA
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Last modification: 14 October 1999 (SRB)