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Herbert Island

Herbert

Estratovolcán · United States · 1280 m

Herbert is a cone containing a 2-km-wide summit caldera that opens to NW. This 23 June 1987 view from the WSW shows a small plume originating from Cleveland in background, with darkened slopes from ashfall produced during an eruption that began on 19 June.
Herbert is a cone containing a 2-km-wide summit caldera that opens to NW. This 23 June 1987 view from the WSW shows a small plume originating from Cleveland in background, with darkened slopes from ashfall produced during an eruption that began on 19 June. · Foto: Photo by Harold Wilson (Peninsula Airways), 1987 (courtesy of John Reeder, Alaska Div. Geology Geophysical Surveys). · Wikimedia Commons
Tipo
Estratovolcán
País
United States
Región
North America Volcanic Regions / Aleutian Ridge Volcanic Arc
Altitud
1280 m
Coordenadas
52.742, -170.111
Última erupción
Desconocido
Contexto tectónico
Subduction zone / Intermediate crust (15-25 km)
Forma volcánica
Composite
Roca principal
Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
Resumen geológico

The 10-km-wide Herbert Island, the SW-most of the Islands of the Four Mountains group, lies across a strait SW of Mount Cleveland. This symmetrical stratovolcano has a summit truncated by a 2-km-wide caldera breached to NW. No historical eruptions have been recorded, and no geological studies have been published.

Historial de erupciones

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Enlaces externos

⚠ Solo como referencia. No apto para respuesta ante emergencias.