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Chagulak Island

Chagulak

Type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
1028m
Last eruption
Unknown
Chagulak Island
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Type
Stratovolcano
Country
United States
Region
North America / Aleutian Ridge Volcanic Arc
Elevation
1028m
Coordinates
52.572, -171.138
Last eruption
Unknown
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Intermediate crust (15-25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic andesite
Geological summary

The 3-km-diameter island of Chagulak is the exposed summit of a stratovolcano in the Islands of the Four Mountains group of the Aleutians. The sharp-topped summit is ~11 km NE of the summit of Amukta and 35 km W of Yunaska volcano. The visible edifice is steep and strongly eroded. No eruptions have been recorded and its age is not precisely known.

From Wikipedia

Chagulak Island is a small, uninhabited volcanic island in the Islands of Four Mountains group in the Aleutian Islands of southwestern Alaska, United States. The 1.9 mi (3.1 km)-wide island consists of a single cone that reaches an elevation of 3,747 ft. Chagulak is a stratovolcano and is separated from the nearby Amukta Island by a channel about 4.3 miles (6.9 km) wide; though the two islands are joined underwater. No eruptions have been recorded and very little is known about the volcano, as the only study done on Chagulak so far is a single chemical analysis of a "low-potassium, high-alumina basaltic andesite" from the north shore.

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Eruption history

Glossary

Detailed timeline

No eruption records available.

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