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Place · volcanic lake

Laacher See, Eifel, Germany

Laacher See, Eifel, Germany is a volcanic lake, placed to about 1 km.

Wikidata's point for the lake, the crater of the eruption that Reinig and colleagues dated to about 130 years before the Younger Dryas onset.

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Placed to about 1 km

Nearby within 500 km

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Laacher See, Eifel, Germany [Place PLC0D51X1FT1A31]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/PLC0D51X1FT1A31
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