Mount Takawangha is a
stratovolcano
A stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, is a conical volcano built up by many layers (strata) of hardened lava and tephra. Unlike shield volcanoes, stratovolcanoes are characterized by a steep profile with a summit crater and per ...
located in
Tanaga Island,
Alaska.
It sits in close proximity with another volcano known as
Mount Tanaga, which shares the same name as the island itself. Older and more eroded volcanoes can also be found east of Takawangha.
Its elevation is 4,754 ft (1,449 m), making it the second-highest peak on the island.
Geology
Takawangha is a stratovolcano that may have last erupted in 1550CE.
There are
tephra cones in its crater and on its flanks.
Takawangha's summit is mostly covered in ice, with the exception of four younger craters that have erupted in the past few thousand years.
There is a possibility that recent eruptions attributed to Mount Tanaga may have instead came from Takawangha.
See also
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Tanaga (volcano)
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Tanaga Island
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Volcanoes in Alaska
References
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Volcanoes of Alaska
Stratovolcanoes of the United States
Holocene stratovolcanoes