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Takawangha description and information

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Description
From Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program online database, accessed December 8, 2003: "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. Numerous small post-caldera tephra cones are located within the caldera and on its rim and flanks. The youngest cones are some of those inside the caldera of the basaltic-to-dacitic volcano. No historical eruptions are known from Takawangha."
Location
Facts
Type:Stratovolcano
Most Recent Activity:
Seismically Monitored: No
Elevation: 4754 ft (1449 m)
Latitude: 51.867° N
Longitude:178.027° W
Quadrangle:Gareloi Island Adak
CAVW Number:1101-09-
Nearby towns:
Adak 60 mi (96 km)
Atka 164 mi (264 km)
Shemya Station 176 mi (283 km)
Attu Station 215 mi (346 km)
Anchorage 1236 mi (1989 km)
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