United States · Stratovolcano
Ugashik-Peulik
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Elevation
- 1474m
- Last eruption
- 1814
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Country
- United States
- Region
- North America / Alaska Peninsula Volcanic Arc
- Elevation
- 1474m
- Coordinates
- 57.751, -156.368
- Last eruption
- 1814
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- Andesite / Basaltic andesite
Geological summary
The Ugashik-Peulik volcanic complex lies south of Becharof Lake and east of Upper Ugashik Lake. Late-Pleistocene caldera formation was followed by the emplacement of at least five Holocene lava domes within the 4.5-km-wide caldera.
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From Wikipedia
Ugashik-Peulik is a volcanic complex in the U.S. state of Alaska, which includes the stratovolcano of Mount Peulik and the adjacent Ugashik caldera. It is located to the south of Becharof Lake in Lake and Peninsula Borough on the Alaska Peninsula. It is part of the Aleutian Range.
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Eruption history
5 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 4
- Uncertain eruptions
- 1
- Span of confirmed record
- 6550 BCE – 1814
- Largest confirmed eruption
- VEI 3 (1814)
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 0
Summary (VEI over time)
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Detailed timeline
- 1852VEI ?Method not stated1852-07-02 – end unknownPeulik
- 1814VEI 3Observed1814-07-02 – end unknownPeulik
- 1050 (±100 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate1050 – end unknownPeulik
- 5850 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate5850 BCE – end unknownPeulik
- 6550 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate6550 BCE – end unknownPeulik
Nearby volcanoes
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