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Chagulak Island description and information

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Data
Location
Facts
Official Name: Chagulak Island
Type:Stratovolcano
Most Recent Activity:
Seismically Monitored: No
Elevation: 3747 ft (1142 m)
Latitude: 52.5714° N
Longitude:171.1395° W
Quadrangle:Amukta
CAVW Number:1101-20-
Nearby towns:Attu Station 91 mi (147 km) NW
Nikolski 98 mi (158 km) NE
Shemya Station 125 mi (201 km) NW
Atka 132 mi (212 km) SW
Anchorage 992 mi (1596 km) NE
Description
From Wood and Kienle (1990): "Chagulak is a small stratovolcano separated from Amukta by ~7 km of ocean, but the two coalesce at depth. Chagulak is unstudied; the only geologic information available is a single chemical analysis. A low-potassium, high-alumina basaltic andesite (51% SiO2, 0.59% K2O) was recovered from the north-northwest shore of the island, but the sample's geologic setting is unknown."
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