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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 21:43, 7 July 2018 (UTC)

Castle Lake (Washington)

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Castle Lake viewed from the air, February 2016
Castle Lake viewed from the air, February 2016
  • ... that Castle Lake (pictured) was created by the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens? Source: "The May 18, 1980, eruption of Mount St. Helens produced a 2.5-cubic-kilometer debris avalanche that dammed South Fork Castle Creek, causing Castle Lake to form behind a 20-meter-tall blockage." [1]
    • ALT1:... that an avalanche consisting of 2.5 kilometers of debris blocked South Fork Castle Creek, creating Castle Lake? (pictured) Source: "The May 18, 1980, eruption of Mount St. Helens produced a 2.5-cubic-kilometer debris avalanche that dammed South Fork Castle Creek, causing Castle Lake to form behind a 20-meter-tall blockage." [2]

Created by 78.26 (talk). Self-nominated at 20:57, 3 July 2018 (UTC).

Interesting, on good sources, no copyvio obvious. The image is licensed and a good illustration. ALT1 works combined with it, as readers may recognize the place. Without it, I'd go for the clear original. - Please write a bit more lead ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:24, 5 July 2018 (UTC)