Mount Mageik
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| Mount Mageik | |
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 Mount Mageik (left) and Mount Martin (right) |
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| Elevation | 7,103 feet (2,165 m) |
| Location | Alaska, USA |
| Range | Aleutian Range |
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| Type | Stratovolcano |
| Age of rock | Pleistocene to Holocene |
| Last eruption | Unknown |
Mount Mageik (pronounced "muh-GEEK") is a stratovolcano on the Alaska Peninsula. It has no confirmed historical eruptions (one in 1946 is now deemed questionable), but its yougest eruptive products are apparently Holocene in age. A young crater lies on the northeast flank of the central summit cone, and is the site of vigorous superheated fumarolic activity with prominent sulfur deposits.
The volcano is mantled in ash from the 1912 eruption of Novarupta and from the 1953 eruption of nearby Mount Trident.
[edit] Sources
- Siebert, L. and T. Simkin (2002-). Volcanoes of the World: an Illustrated Catalog of Holocene Volcanoes and their Eruptions. Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program Digital Information Series, GVP-3. URL: http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/
- Volcanoes of the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands-Selected Photographs
- Alaska Volcano Observatory
