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Mount Mageik 
Mount Mageik (left) and Mount Martin (right)Elevation 7,103 ft (2,165 m) Pronunciation English: /məˈɡiːk/ Location Location Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska, USA Range Aleutian Range Coordinates 58°11′42″N 155°15′11″W / 58.195°N 155.253°W Topo map USGS Mount Katmai A-4 Geology Type Stratovolcano Age of rock Pleistocene to Holocene Volcanic arc/belt Aleutian Arc Last eruption Unknown Mount Mageik is a stratovolcano on the Alaska Peninsula. It has no confirmed historical eruptions (one in 1946 is now deemed questionable), but its youngest eruptive products are apparently Holocene in age. A young crater lies on the northeast flank of the central summit cone, and is the site of vigorous superheated fumarolic activity with prominent sulfur deposits.
The volcano is mantled in ash from the 1912 eruption of Novarupta and from the 1953 eruption of nearby Trident Volcano.
Map showing volcanoes of Alaska Peninsula.
See also
Sources
- "Mageik". Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution. http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1102-15-.
- Volcanoes of the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands-Selected Photographs
- Alaska Volcano Observatory
Categories:- Landforms of Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska
- Landforms of Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska
- Stratovolcanoes
- Mountains of Alaska
- Volcanoes of Alaska
- Aleutian Range
- Southwest Alaska geography stubs
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