The crater is located in the mountains Kotanud (Cottonwood). The crater is an impressive size - it is one kilometer wide and 237 meters deep. The crater was created seven thousand years ago. The crater was formed Ubehebe when magma has approached the surface and the flow of hot magma is erupted, it is ejected huge amounts of magma and rock fragments. This magma is erupted through a hole in the mountain Tin (Tin). This flow of lava has totally changed Kotanud mountain.
Ubehebe name means "large basket on the scale" of the ancient language of the Indians Timbisha (Timbisha). Originally named the crater was known as Tempintauosa (Tem-pin-tta-Wo'sah), which means "basket of coyotes."
As a result of large explosions of steam formed large volcanic craters. Ubehebe is the last and largest such crater that was formed in these volcanic eruptions. Near him is Little Hebei (Little Hebe). In one of the explosions was thrown Ubehebe flow piroklastika. This happened after a big pillar of steam was thrown into the sky and a cloud received a donut-shaped, which consisted of gas and volcanic ash. Once magma erupted, she met with surface water, thus forming a volcano-type Maara (maar). The western part of Maara volcanoes in Death Valley was formed first, then followed and south.
Sturdy base and walls of the crater Ubehebe are formed during the Miocene and are red-orange in color. These sediments contain limestone, quartzite and volcanic cobbles which have a diameter of twenty centimeters. Some sediments are yellow, others bright orange. The difference in color is due to the difference in age, in which were deposited various sediments. Ubehebe bottom of the crater is completely covered with the white silt peculiar as the roof and the bottoms of some craters in nearby Death Valley.
Sturdy base and walls of the crater Ubehebe are formed during the Miocene and are red-orange in color. These sediments contain limestone, quartzite and volcanic cobbles which have a diameter of twenty centimeters. Some sediments are yellow, others bright orange. The difference in color is due to the difference in age, in which were deposited various sediments. Ubehebe bottom of the crater is completely covered with the white silt peculiar as the roof and the bottoms of some craters in nearby Death Valley.
The road to the bottom of the crater is easy, but climbing up can be exhausting. A walk around the rim is moderately difficult, but requires concentration and experience in similar walks. It is a long mile and a half - this is the distance of the return. This route can take you to some of the smaller craters.
When you go this route, stay on trail, since the very edge of the crater is very loose, making it extremely unstable.
Ash explosions from the volcano covered much of the area around the crater Ubehebe. Ash is visible from afar, it appears if you drive up the hill to the parking area. Ash is seen in the dry bed of ancient Lake Rogers (Rogers), which is in the northern part of Death Valley. At the edge of the crater Ubehebe ash is so much higher that one hundred and fifty steps.
Water erosion have created deep gorges that are visible on the east side of the crater. At the bottom of the crater was Ubehebe lakes, which were very short lifetime. Of them remained different shade pink and brown sediment. There are many clusters of craters on the west and south of Ubehebe, towards Little Hebei.
