• The Menan Buttes are unusual formations because they erupted through the cold waters of the Snake River which flowed where the Buttes stand today.
  • Hamilton, W., and Myers, W.B., 1963, Menan Buttes, cones of glassy basalt tuff in the Snake River Plain, Idaho: U.S...
  • Location: 43.6N, 111.5W Elevation: 5,619 feet (1,713 m) North and South Menan Buttes are two of the world's largest tuff cones.
  • Photos of Menan Buttes: Volcanic pinnacle on the north rim.
  • The twin Menan Buttes are two of the world's largest tuff cones - volcanoes that form when basaltic magma boils up through ground water.
  • The Menan Buttes are tuff cones, a type of volcano that forms when hot, basaltic magma interacts with water near Earth’s surface.
  • The Menan Buttes are unusual formations because they erupted through the cold waters of the Snake River which flowed where the Buttes stand today.
  • When students return from BYU-Idaho, I ask them a simple question: “During your stay at BYU-Idaho, did you climb the stoic Menan Buttes?”
  • Mountain Name(s): Menan Buttes ... Add to wishlist. Mountain. Hampton Butte. Location:North America, United States (USA): Height: 1 904 m / 6 247 ft.
  • The twin Menan Buttes are among the world’s largest tuff cones, volcanoes formed when magma erupts through ground water.