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Suemez Island description and statistics

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Statistics
Type:Vents, domes, and flows
Seismically Monitored: No
Distance: 728 mi (1171 km) from Anchorage
Elevation: 0 ft ( m)
Latitude: 55.2268° N
Longitude:133.4032° W
Quadrangle: Craig
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Description
Devonian and Silurian sedimenary packages on Suemez Island are overlain by Quaternary rhyolite and trachyte vents, domes, and flows. Many of the vents are located close to Cape Felix, on the southwest portion of Suemez Island. (Kate Bull, personal communication, 2009).
URL: http://www.avo.alaska.edu/volcanoes/volcinfo.php?volcname=Suemez%20Island
Contact Information: AVO Web Team