Nushkolik Mountain volcanic field
Facts
- Seismically Monitored: No
- Color Code: UNASSIGNED
- Alert Level: UNASSIGNED
- Elevation: 195m (639ft)
- Latitude: 61.57
- Longitude: -164.91
- Smithsonian VNum:
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Nearby Towns:
- Chevak 22 mi (36 km) SW
- Scammon Bay 29 mi (47 km) NW
- Paimiut 32 mi (51 km) NW
- Hooper Bay 39 mi (63 km) SW
- Newtok 44 mi (71 km) SE
Description
Nushkolik Mountain volcanic field is a shield volcano (?), 8 to 195 m high, measuring 12 x 14 km, with no historic activity. Volcanic rocks are of olivine basalt composition [1] .Name Origin
"Nushkolik Mountain volcanic field" is an informal name, after Nushkolik Mountain, which is part of the field. Nushkolik Mountain was reported as a Yup'ik name by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey in 1951 (Orth, 1971).