Asuncion

sopka – Stratovolcano, United States, Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions

Kde

United States, Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions

Typ (GVP)

Stratovolcano

Nadmořská výška

857 m

Tektonické prostředí

Subduction zone / Crustal thickness unknown

Poslední známá erupce

1906

Poloha

19,671°, 145,406°

A single large asymmetrical stratovolcano forms 3-km-wide Asuncion Island. The steeper NE flank terminates in high sea cliffs, while the gentler SW flanks have low-angle slopes bounded by sea cliffs only a few meters high. The southern flank is cut by a large landslide scar. The S and W flanks are covered by ash deposits. An explosive eruption in 1906 produced lava flows that descended about halfway down the W and SE flanks, but several other eruption reports are of uncertain validity.

Text: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.

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