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Uliaga

Type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
888m
Last eruption
Unknown
Uliaga
Photo: Michelle Harbin (U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Volcano Observatory) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
United States
Region
North America / Aleutian Ridge Volcanic Arc
Elevation
888m
Coordinates
53.065, -169.770
Last eruption
Unknown
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Intermediate crust (15-25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
No data
Geological summary

The small 3-km-wide island of Uliaga, located at the NE end of the Islands of the Four Mountains archipelago immediately NW of Kagamil Island, is an eroded stratovolcano. It is the smallest of the Islands of the Four Mountains volcanoes. There are no reports of historical eruptions, but is was considered to have been active during the Holocene by Nye et al. (1998).

Eruption history

Glossary

Detailed timeline

No eruption records available.

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