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Transcript: BOUNDARY ENLARGEMENT OF THE CRATERS OF THE MOON NATIONAL MONUMENT BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION
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- Regulatory Intelligence Data
- Article date:
- November 19, 1962
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The Craters of the Moon National Monument was established on
May 2,
1924 (Presidential Proclamation 1694), for the purpose of protecting
the
unusual landscape of the Craters of the Moon lava field. This "lunar"
landscape
was thought to resemble that of the Moon and was described in the
Proclamation
as "weird and scenic landscape peculiar to itself." The unusual scientific
value of the expanded monument is the great diversity of exquisitely
preserved
volcanic features within a relatively small area. The expanded monument
includes almost all the features of basaltic volcanism, including
the craters,
cones, lava flows, caves, and fissures of the 65- ...