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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. Outcrops are located on western Prince of Wales Island, along Bobs Bay on the NW side of Dall Island, and at Trocadero Bay on Suemez Island. The flows overlie Paleozoic sedimentary rocks and are associated with Tertiary rhyolitic and dacitic lava flows on Suemez Island. The younger alkaline olivine basaltic flows were considered by Brew (in Wood and Kienle, 1990) to be of probable postglacial age. The Alaska Volcano Observatory notes that "Many of the vents are located close to Cape Felix, on the southwest portion of Suemez Island. (Kate Bull, personal communication, 2009)."

Eruption history

Glossary

Detailed timeline

No eruption records available.

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