Volcanodle
Puzzle #56 was Markagunt Plateau.
The Markagunt Plateau volcanic field, covering 3,000 km2 east of Cedar Breaks National Monument in SW Utah, includes basaltic cinder cones, lava vents, and sparsely vegetated lava flows. Products of an older episode of volcanism producing trachytic, andesitic and rhyolitic lavas that were succeeded by basaltic lavas of two different ages.
Read about it at the Global Volcanism Program →
Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution
What the record says
Puzzle 56 ran on 3 Sep 2026 and the answer was Markagunt Plateau, played with 6 guesses against 8 columns. On the record: Country - United States; Region - North America Volcanic Regions; Type - volcanic-field; Tectonic setting - rift; Elevation - 1500-3000; Last eruption - older-Holocene; Rock type - basalt; Historically observed - not-observed.
Beyond the grid the record adds Holocene eruptions recorded - 1 eruption.
Volcanodle builds its record from Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution (Venzke, E. (ed.), Volcanoes of the World, volcano.si.edu). The description above comes from the same place the game credits on every reveal: A verbatim excerpt of the volcano's GVP Geological Summary. The puzzle itself is still playable in the archive, and every answer that has been and gone is listed on the past-answers page.
How it scored
- Country
- United States
- Region
- North America Volcanic Regions
- Type
- volcanic-field
- Tectonic setting
- rift
- Elevation
- 1500-3000
- Last eruption
- older-Holocene
- Rock type
- basalt
- Historically observed
- not-observed
Also on the record
- Holocene eruptions recorded
- 1 eruption