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Uliaga Island description and information

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Official Name: Uliaga Island
Type:Stratovolcano
Most Recent Activity:
Seismically Monitored: No
Elevation: 2913 ft (888 m)
Latitude: 53.065° N
Longitude:169.767° W
Quadrangle:Umnak
CAVW Number:311250
Pronunciation: Sound file
Nearby towns:Nikolski 38 mi (62 km) SE
Unalaska 144 mi (232 km) NE
Akutan 180 mi (289 km) NE
Atka 195 mi (314 km) SW
Anchorage 928 mi (1493 km) NE
DESCRIPTION
From Wood and Kienle (1990) [1]: "Uliaga is a triangular-shaped island composed of an eroded stratovolcano. No evidence of a caldera is seen, but little is known geologically about this volcano."
REFERENCES CITED
[1]
Volcanoes of North America: United States and Canada, 1990
Wood, C. A., and Kienle, Juergen, (eds.), 1990, Volcanoes of North America: United States and Canada: New York, Cambridge University Press, 354 p.

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