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Guguan

Estratovolcán · United States · 232 m

The 2.8-km-wide Guguan island in the central Marianas Islands, seen here from the NW, is composed of an eroded volcano at the south and a caldera with a post-caldera cone. The northern cone (foreground) was the site of an eruption in the 19th century. It has three coalescing cones and a summit crater that produced lava flows to the W and NW.
The 2.8-km-wide Guguan island in the central Marianas Islands, seen here from the NW, is composed of an eroded volcano at the south and a caldera with a post-caldera cone. The northern cone (foreground) was the site of an eruption in the 19th century. It has three coalescing cones and a summit crater that produced lava flows to the W and NW. · Foto: Photo by Richard Moore, 1992 (U.S. Geological Survey). · Wikimedia Commons
Tipo
Estratovolcán
País
United States
Región
Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions / Mariana Volcanic Arc
Altitud
232 m
Coordenadas
17.314, 145.840
Última erupción
1883
Contexto tectónico
Subduction zone / Crustal thickness unknown
Forma volcánica
Composite
Roca principal
Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
Resumen geológico

The island of Guguan, ~2.8 km in diameter, is composed of an eroded volcano on the south, a caldera with a post-caldera cone, and a northern volcano. The latter has three coalescing cones and a breached summit crater that fed lava flows to the W and NW. The only known reported eruption, between 1882 and 1884, produced the northern volcano and lava flows that reached the coast. Freycinet (Uranie 1817 Expedition) confused Guguan and Alamagan; reported eruptions in 1819 and 1901 (Kuno, 1962 CAVW) actually refer to solfataric activity on Alamagan (Corwin, 1971).

Resumen de Wikipedia

Guguan es una isla deshabitada perteneciente a las Islas Marianas del Norte en el océano Pacífico que se encuentra a 30 millas náuticas al sur de Alamagan, 250 millas náuticas al norte de Saipán, y está a 67 millas náuticas al noreste de Sarigan.

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Historial de erupciones

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1883~1883 · 1 erupciones · VEI máx. 218831883188418841884

Línea de tiempo detallada

  1. 1883 (±1 años)VEI 2Observado
    1883 – En curso

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