Volcanodle
Puzzle #96 was Durango Volcanic Field.
The broad Durango volcanic field covers 2,100 km2 at the NW corner of the Meseta Central near the eastern edge of the Sierra Madre Occidental of north-central México. The expansive undissected lava plain lies within the Mexican Basin and Range province and is NE of the city of Durango. The field includes about 100 Quaternary basanitic cinder and lava cones as well as several xenolith localities.
Read about it at the Global Volcanism Program →
Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution
What the record says
Puzzle 96 ran on 13 Oct 2026 and the answer was Durango Volcanic Field, played with 6 guesses against 8 columns. On the record: Country - Mexico; Region - North America Volcanic Regions; Type - volcanic-field; Tectonic setting - subduction; Elevation - 1500-3000; Rock type - basalt; Historically observed - not-observed. 1 of the 8 columns is blank in the source (Last eruption), so nobody could score it either way.
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
- Mexico
- Region
- North America Volcanic Regions
- Type
- volcanic-field
- Tectonic setting
- subduction
- Elevation
- 1500-3000
- Last eruption
- Not recorded
- Rock type
- basalt
- Historically observed
- not-observed