United States · Stratovolcano
Maug Islands
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Elevation
- 227m
- Last eruption
- Unknown
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Northwestern Pacific / Mariana Volcanic Arc
- Elevation
- 227m
- Coordinates
- 20.020, 145.220
- Last eruption
- Unknown
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Crustal thickness unknown
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- Basalt / Picro-basalt
Geological summary
The three small elongated Maug Islands, the largest ~2.3 km long, represent the rim of a 2.5-km-wide caldera on a submarine edifice more than 20 km in diameter.
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From Wikipedia
Maug consists of a group of three small uninhabited islands. This island group is part of the Northern Islands Municipality of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, itself part of the Marianas archipelago in the Oceanian sub-region of Micronesia.
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Eruption history
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No eruption records available.
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