Agrihan volcano

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Agrihan volcano is a large stratovolcano in the Northern Mariana Islands, notable for forming the highest peak in the archipelago and being part of the active Mariana volcanic arc.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Quaternary volcano
stratovolcano
subduction-related volcano
administrativeTerritory Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
country United States
dominantRockType andesite
basaltic andesite
elevation approximately 3166 feet
approximately 965 metres
eruptionHistory Holocene eruptions documented
eruptionProduct andesitic lava
basaltic-andesite lava
eruptionStyle explosive eruptions
geologicalAge Quaternary
hasCaldera approximately 1 km wide
partially filled by younger cone
hasFeature radial drainage pattern
steep flanks
hazardPotential active volcano with potential for future eruptions
highestPointOf Northern Mariana Islands
islandFormedBy volcanic activity
lastEruption 1917
listedIn Global Volcanism Program database
locatedIn Agrihan Island
Mariana Islands
Northern Mariana Islands
Pacific Ocean
locatedOn Agrihan seamount
monitoredBy Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands authorities
U.S. Geological Survey
mountainRange Mariana Islands volcanic chain
linked to: Mariana Island Arc
partOf Izu–Bonin–Mariana Arc system
linked to: Izu–Bonin Arc

Mariana volcanic arc
prominence approximately 965 metres
region western Pacific
relativeLocation north of Pagan Island
north of Saipan
summitFeature central cone within caldera
large summit caldera
tectonicSetting convergent plate boundary
subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the Philippine Sea Plate
topographicType island volcano
volcanicArc Mariana Arc
linked to: Mariana Island Arc
volcanicHazard ashfall potential
lahar potential
pyroclastic flows potential
volcanic gas emissions potential
volcanoNumber 0803-10=

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Mariana Island Arc highestPoint Agrihan volcano