Takawangha volcano
Stratovolcano 1449 m / 4,754 ft
Tanaga Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, 51.87°N / -178.01°W
Current status: dormant (1 out of 5)
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Tanaga Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, 51.87°N / -178.01°W
Current status: dormant (1 out of 5)
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Last update: 10 Feb 2017
Typical eruption style: unspecified
Takawangha volcano eruptions: 1550 (?)
Typical eruption style: unspecified
Takawangha volcano eruptions: 1550 (?)
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Background:
Takawangha is a 1449-m-high, youthful volcano with an ice-filled caldera on northern Tanaga Island, near the western end of the Andreanof Islands. Takawangha lies across a saddle from historically active Tanaga volcano to the west; older, deeply eroded volcanoes lie adjacent to Takawangha on the east. The summit of the dominantly basaltic to basaltic-andesite volcano is largely ice covered, with the exception of five Holocene craters that during the last few thousand years produced explosive eruptions and lava flows that reached the lower flanks of the volcano. No historical eruptions are known from Takawangha, although radiocarbon dating indicates explosive eruptions have occurred within the past several hundred years.---
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