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Starks Knob

Starks Knob

Starks Knob
Located in Saratoga County

Image courtesy of William Kelly


Type: Public.

Features: Feature of volcanic origins unique in New York State.

Feature Type: Volcanic.

Reference: NYS Geological Association Field Trip Guidebook, 57th Annual Meeting 1985; Tri-Corn Geology:
The Geology-History-and Environmental Problems of the Upper Hudson Champlain Valley.
For online reference please visit - www.nysga.net/Guidebooks.html

Quadrangle: Schuylerville.

Reason for Designation: Identified as a unique geologic feature by the NYS Geological Highway Map
(NYS Museum, NYS Geological Survey).