Stepovak Bay 2 volcano

Updated: Jul 6, 2022 08:16 GMT - Refresh

Cinder cone 1323 m / 4,340 ft
United States, Alaska Peninsula, 55.91°N / -160.04°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)

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Typical eruption style: unspecified
Stepovak Bay 2 volcano eruptions: unknown, no recent eruptions
Lastest nearby earthquakes: No recent earthquakes

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Background

A group of four late-Pleistocene to Holocene volcanoes is located along a NE-trending line SW of Kupreanof volcano. The SW-most of the 4 volcanoes, located NW of Stepovak Bay and 24 km SW of Kupreanof, is of late-Pleistocene age. Stepovak Bay 2 is a 200-m-high cinder cone with a Holocene andesitic lava flow extending initially to the NE, then SE.
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