Query: G.N.I.S.

See also: Laurel Mountain.

See also: Big Alkali Lake.

Elevation: 7680ft, 2341m.

Articles that refer to this location:

• Portfolio of Maps: 4 Apr 2009; 

Literature Referring To This Location:

• Haller, J. Robert, Wayne R. Ferren, Jr., Ragan M. Callaway, Dennis C. Odion, and Frank W. Davis. 1992. A Phytogeographic Comparison of the Vascular Flora of the Wetlands of Fish Slough with the Floras of Neighboring Desert Basins. pp. 211-222 in Hall, Jr., Clarence A, Victoria Doyle-Jones, and Barbara Widawski. White Mountain Research Station Symposium Volume 4. The History of water: Eastern Sierra Nevada, Owens Valley, White-Inyo mountains. White Mountain Research Station: University of California, 1992. {TAS-pdf} ISBN-10: 1879851040
• Hildreth, Wes. 2004. Volcanological perspectives on Long Valley, Mammoth Mountain, and Mono Craters: several contiguous but discrete systems. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 136(3-4):169-198.
• Martini, Brigitte A., Eli A. Silver, and Donald C. Potts. 2001. HYPERSPECTRAL REMOTE SENSING IN LONG VALLEY CALDERA: ISSUES OF SCALE, RESOLUTION, AND SIGNAL TO NOISE. ftp://popo.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/docs/workshops/01_docs/2001Martini_web.pdf
• Prenn, Neil, and Charles P. Meurhoff. 2003. Technical Report: Long Valley Project, Mono County, California. Prepared for Vista Gold Corp.. Reno, Nevada: Mine Development Associates, February 20, 2003. {TAS-pdf}
• Reynolds, Robert E., and David R. Jessey. 2009. Landscape Evolution at an Active Plate Margin. The 2009 Desert Symposium Field Guide and Proceedings. Fullerton and Riverside, Ca: Desert Studies Consortium, California State University and LSA Associates, Inc., April 2009. {TAS}
• Tizzania, P., P. Berardinoa, F. Casua, P. Euilladesc, M. Manzoa, G.P. Ricciardif, G. Zenia, and R. Lanaria. 2007. Surface deformation of Long Valley caldera and Mono Basin, California, investigated with the SBAS-InSAR approach. Remote Sensing of Environment. 108(3):277-289.
• Wilson, C. J. N., and W. Hildreth. 1997. The Bishop Tuff: New Insights from Eruptive Stratigraphy. Journal of Geology. 105(4):407-440. 1997. {TAS-pdf}
• Wood, S. H. 1983. Chronology of late Pleistocene and Holocene volcanics, Long Valley and Mono Basin geothermal areas, eastern California. U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-747.

View south-southwest across Long Valley	View west across the resurgent dome.	South rim of Long Valley, as seen from US Highway 395	Long Valley from Benton Crossing Road.	Owens River at Benton Crossing Road.
Big Alkali Lake, from a small dune on the east side.	View of Long Valley from near Sentinel Meadow.	Owens River and Long Valley from north wall of Long Valley caldera	Field Trip Day 2, Detail of Stops 5-10

Species collected at or near this location.

This list summarizes plants collected or observed at this specific, named location. It does not include plants collected or observed at nearby named or unnamed locations. It may be more instructive to use the Area Lists that contain this location.

• TAS – The plant was collected by Tom Schweich.
• Oth – The plant was collected by someone, but not Tom.
• Obs – The plant was observed, but not collected.

Asteraceae

Madieae

Hulseinae

Eatonella nivea (D.C.Eaton) A. Gray. White False Tickhead (Oth) CC:?

Polygonaceae

Eriogonum davidsonii Greene. Davidson's Buckwheat (Oth) CC:?

Asparagaceae

Agavoideae

Leucocrinum montanum Nutt. ex A. Gray. Star Lily (Oth) CC:6

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Date and time this article was prepared:3:15:11 PM, 8/1/2026.