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Mount Mageik
Mount Mageik (left) and Mount Martin (right)
Highest point
Elevation7,101 ft (2,164 m)
Prominence4,449 ft (1,356 m)
ListingList of mountains of Alaska
Coordinates58°11′44″N 155°15′13″W / 58.19556°N 155.25361°W / 58.19556; -155.25361
Geography
Mount Mageik is located in AlaskaMount MageikMount MageikKatmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska, USA
Parent rangeAleutian Range
Topo mapUSGS Mount Katmai A-4
Geology
Rock agePleistocene to Holocene
Mountain typeStratovolcano
Volcanic arcAleutian Arc
Last eruption500 BCE ± 50 years no

Mount Mageik /məˈɡiːk/ 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 (8750 to 500 BCE). 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 volcanic cones are composed of andesite, basaltic andesite and dacite.

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

References

  1. ^ "Mageik". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
  2. Peakbagger.com, Mount Mageik, Alaska, Retrieved Jan. 6, 2023.
  3. "Mount Mageik". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2015-01-18.

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