Kaguyak Crater

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Kaguyak is a Holocene stratovolcano in Katmai National Park. An explosive eruption in about 325 A.D. produced pyroclastic flows and had a VEI of 6, making it one of the largest known historic eruptions in North America. This eruption removed much of the top of the volcano to create a caldera. The caldera now contains a crater lake. Two domes have grown and coalesced inside the caldera. A smaller dome has grown just above lake level near the center of the caldera. (credit Oregon State University)


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Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Kaguyak
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Coordinates:   58°36'43"N   154°3'12"W
This article was last modified 7 years ago