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Country: | United States | |
| Subregion Name: | Mariana Islands | ||
| Volcano Number: | 0804-192 | ||
| Volcano Type: | Stratovolcano | ||
| Volcano Status: | Holocene | ||
| Last Known Eruption: | Unknown | ||
| Summit Elevation: | 538 m | 1,765 feet | |
| Latitude: | 16.708°N | 16°42'30"N | |
| Longitude: | 145.78°E | 145°47'0"E | |
| Sarigan volcano forms a 3-km-long, roughly triangular island. A low truncated cone with a 750-m-wide summit crater contains a small ash cone. The youngest eruptions produced two lava domes from vents above and near the south crater rim. Lava flows from each dome reached the coast and extended out to sea, forming irregular shorelines. The northern flow overtopped the crater rim on the north and NW sides. The sparse vegetation on the flows indicates they are of Holocene age (Meijer and Reagan, 1981). | |||
