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Another large cinder cone, Merriam Cone, is in the northeast part of the lake. Although
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Current public access to Wizard Island is available only during the summer months when boat tours on Crater Lake are in operation. The tours depart from
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which now contains Crater Lake. Following the cataclysmic caldera-forming eruption, which left a hole about 4,000 feet (1,200 m) deep where the mountain had once stood, a series of smaller eruptions over the next several hundred years formed several cinder cones on the caldera floor. The
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Two hiking trails are available on Wizard Island, one of which switchbacks up the flanks of the cone and circles the crater on top while the other trail meanders from the dock towards the western end of the island.
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