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Herbert Island description and information

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Data
Location
Facts
Official Name: Herbert Island
Type:Stratovolcano with caldera and linear ridge
Most Recent Activity:
Seismically Monitored: No
Elevation: 4232 ft (1290 m)
Latitude: 52.741° N
Longitude:170.113° W
Quadrangle:Amukta
CAVW Number:1101-22-
Pronunciation: Sound file
Nearby towns:Nikolski 53 mi (86 km) NE
Attu Station 131 mi (211 km) NW
Unalaska 167 mi (269 km) NE
Shemya Station 167 mi (269 km) SW
Anchorage 953 mi (1534 km) NE
Description
From Wood and Kienle (1990): "Herbert is a classic stratovolcano with a 2.1-km-wide caldera, which the topographic map indicates is breached to the northwest. Radar images do not show the breach. No geologic studies have been published on this volcano. A grab sample from the tip of the island's southwest point is an andesite (59% SiO2, with 0.82% K2O)."
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