Guguan

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Guguan protruding from the ocean
Photograph by Norm Banks, U.S. Geological Survey, May, 1981.

Guguan is a stratovolcano and part of the Marianas volcanic arc . The volcanoes of this arc are related to the subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the Philippine Plate. A single historic eruption at Guguan in 1883 produced pyroclastic flows and lava flows.

 

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Another view of Guguan
Guguan. Photograph by Frank Trusdell, U.S. Geological Survey.

Sources of Information:

Simkin, T., and Siebert, L., 1994, Volcanoes of the World: Geoscience Press, Tucson, AZ, 349 p.

 

Latitude (DD)
17.31
Longitude (dd)
145.84
Elevation (m)
287
State (Province, etc)
Mariana Islands
Country
United States
Type
Stratovolcano