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Devils Desk description and information

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Official Name: Devils Desk
Type:Stratovolcano
Most Recent Activity:
Seismically Monitored: No
Elevation: 6411 ft (1954 m)
Latitude: 58.4753° N
Longitude:154.3001° W
Quadrangle:Mt Katmai
CAVW Number:312805
Pronunciation: Sound file
Nearby towns:Aleneva 60 mi (96 km) SE
Port William 62 mi (100 km) NE
Karluk 63 mi (101 km) SW
Afognak 64 mi (104 km) SE
Anchorage 243 mi (392 km) NE
DESCRIPTION
From Wood and Kienle (1990) [1]: "Devils Desk is a volcanic neck of a former stratovolcano now completely surrounded by Hook Glacier. Total relief from the top of Hook Glacier to the top of Devils Desk is ~450 m. Extensive erosion has removed most of the stratovolcano. Three radial dikes (now exposed as ridges) extend outward from the Desk toward the east." Hildreth and others (2003) [2] dated a block of lava from the southwest face of Devils Desk at 245 +/- 42 ka.
REFERENCES CITED
[1]
Volcanoes of North America: United States and Canada, 1990
Wood, C. A., and Kienle, Juergen, (eds.), 1990, Volcanoes of North America: United States and Canada: New York, Cambridge University Press, 354 p.

[2]
Geochronology and eruptive history of the Katmai volcanic cluster, Alaska Peninsula, 2003
citation imageHildreth, Wes, Lanphere, M. A., and Fierstein, Judy, 2003, Geochronology and eruptive history of the Katmai volcanic cluster, Alaska Peninsula: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 214, n. 1-2, p. 93-114.

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