United States · Stratovolcano
Mount Kialagvik
Kialagvik
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Elevation
- 1677m
- Last eruption
- Unknown
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Country
- United States
- Region
- North America / Alaska Peninsula Volcanic Arc
- Elevation
- 1677m
- Coordinates
- 57.203, -156.745
- Last eruption
- Unknown
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- Andesite / Basaltic andesite
Geological summary
Kialagvik is a small, poorly known glacier-mantled stratovolcano NE of Chiginagak volcano with a Holocene central lava dome and associated pyroclastic-flow deposits (Riehle, in Wood and Kienle 1990).
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From Wikipedia
Mount Kialagvik is a small, poorly known stratovolcano on the Alaska Peninsula of Alaska, United States, located in the Aleutian Range about 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Mount Chiginagak. It is informally named after the Iñupiaq word for nearby Wide Bay. Kialagvik has not erupted in historic time.
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Eruption history
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No eruption records available.
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