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Tlevak Strait-Suemez Is.

Tlevak Strait-Suemez Island

Volcanic field · United States · 50m

Lava flows of the Tlevak Strait-Suemez Island volcanic group are located near Tlevak Strait (lower right) and on the SW end of Suemez Island.  The largest deposits are located north of Trocadero Bay, the large embayment on the southern side of Suemez Island.
Lava flows of the Tlevak Strait-Suemez Island volcanic group are located near Tlevak Strait (lower right) and on the SW end of Suemez Island. The largest deposits are located north of Trocadero Bay, the large embayment on the southern side of Suemez Island. · Photo: Satellite image courtesy of Planet Labs Inc., 2019 (https://www.planet.com/). · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Volcanic field
Country
United States
Region
North America Volcanic Regions / Queen Charlotte Volcano Group
Elevation
50m
Coordinates
55.250, -133.300
Last eruption
Unknown
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Cluster
Major rock type
Basalt / Picro-Basalt
Geological summary

Scattered flat-lying lava flows with pahoehoe surfaces occur near Tlevak Strait and on the SW end of Suemez Island near the southern end of the SE Alaska panhandle. Outcrops are located on western Prince of Wales Island, along Bobs Bay on the NW side of Dall Island, and at Trocadero Bay on Suemez Island. The flows overlie Paleozoic sedimentary rocks and are associated with Tertiary rhyolitic and dacitic lava flows on Suemez Island. The younger alkaline olivine basaltic flows were considered by Brew (in Wood and Kienle, 1990) to be of probable postglacial age. The Alaska Volcano Observatory notes that "Many of the vents are located close to Cape Felix, on the southwest portion of Suemez Island. (Kate Bull, personal communication, 2009)."

Eruption history

Detailed timeline

No eruption records available.

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