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Tlevak Strait-Suemez Is.

Tlevak Strait-Suemez Island

Type
Volcanic field
Elevation
50m
Last eruption
Unknown
Tlevak Strait-Suemez Is.
Photo: NASA Landsat7 image (worldwind.arc.nasa.gov) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Volcanic field
Country
United States
Region
North America / Queen Charlotte Volcano Group
Elevation
50m
Coordinates
55.250, -133.300
Last eruption
Unknown
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Cluster
Major rock type
Basalt / Picro-basalt

Geological summary

Scattered flat-lying lava flows with pahoehoe surfaces occur near Tlevak Strait and on the SW end of Suemez Island near the southern end of the SE Alaska panhandle.

Excerpt from the Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution · Read the full summary on GVP →

Eruption history

Glossary

Detailed timeline

No eruption records available.

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