Mount Pagan

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Mount Pagan is an active stratovolcano that forms the highest peak on Pagan Island in the Northern Mariana Islands.

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Mount Pagan canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf active volcano
stratovolcano
administrativeDivision Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Northern Islands Municipality
country United States
countrySubdivision unincorporated territory of the United States
elevation approximately 1870 feet
approximately 570 meters
eruptionImpact affects air traffic with ash clouds
poses hazard to nearby islands
eruptionStyle strombolian
vulcanian
geologicAge Quaternary
GVPID 284170
hasActivity intermittent ash plumes
persistent degassing
hasCrater summit crater
hasFrequentEruptionsSince 1981
hasIsland Pagan Island
hasSummit North Pagan summit
hasTwinVolcanoOnIsland South Pagan volcano
linked to: South Pagan Volcano
hazardType ash emissions
lava flows
volcanic gas emissions
isHighestPointOf Pagan Island
isOneOf active volcanoes of the Northern Mariana Islands
isVolcanoOf Izu–Bonin–Mariana Arc
linked to: Izu–Bonin Arc
lastEruption 2012
listedIn Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program database
locatedIn Northern Mariana Islands
Pacific Ocean
Pagan Island
monitoredBy Global Volcanism Program
United States Geological Survey
mountainRange Mariana volcanic arc
nearbyWaterBody Pacific Ocean
Philippine Sea
overlies subducting Pacific Plate
partOf Mariana Arc
linked to: Mariana Island Arc

Mariana Islands
Pagan Island volcanic complex
linked to: South Pagan Volcano
primaryRockType basaltic-andesite
region Micronesia
tectonicPlate Pacific Plate
tectonicSetting subduction zone volcano
volcanoType stratovolcano

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Pagan hasHighestPoint Mount Pagan