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Eickelberg Peak description and information

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Official Name: Eickelberg Peak
Type:Stratovolcano
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Seismically Monitored: No
Elevation: 3589 ft (1094 m)
Latitude: 54.6791° N
Longitude:164.482° W
Quadrangle:Unimak
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Nearby towns:False Pass 44 mi (72 km) NE
Akutan 64 mi (103 km) SW
Pauloff Harbor 73 mi (117 km) SE
Cold Bay 78 mi (126 km) NE
Anchorage 697 mi (1122 km) NE
DESCRIPTION
Eickelberg Peak, also classified as Cone #8 in Stelling and others (2005) [1], is a late Pleistocene stratocone. Stelling and others (2005) [1] also report that argon data from material from cones #7 and #8 yielded an age of 55 +/- 44 ka.
REFERENCES CITED
[1]
Eruptive history of Fisher Caldera, Alaska, USA, 2005
citation imageStelling, P., Gardner, J. E., and Beget, J., 2005, Eruptive history of Fisher Caldera, Alaska, USA: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 139, no. 3-4, p. 163-183.

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