Alligator Lake - Volcano. Located in Yukon , Canada .
| Alligator lake | |
|---|---|
| English Alligator lake | |
 Volcanic field Alligator Lake. Photo by NASA ( Landsat ). | |
| Specifications | |
| Volcano shape | Volcanic field |
| Education period | Pleistocene |
| Last eruption | is unknown |
| Composition | Basalts , olivines , etc. |
| Highest point | |
| Absolute height | 2217 [1] m |
| Location | |
| A country |
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| Territory | Yukon |
| Mountain system | Cordilleras |
| Ridge or array | Coastal ridge |
Alligator Lake is a volcanic field with a maximum height of 2217 meters. Located south, southwest, 30 km from the administrative center of the Yukon - Whitehorse , not far from Alligator Lake . The volcanic field is composed of frozen basaltic lava flows, slag cones . Lava flows erupted and made their way north from the center of the eruption. In the Holocene era, a simultaneous volcanic explosion occurred from 2 slag cones of shield volcanoes , from which lava began to flow, having traveled about 6 km and spread 10 km wide. The lava composition of that stream varies from basanites to olivinites . The remaining lavas contain spinel lherzolites , granitoid xenoliths , olivines , pyroxenes and spinels .
Notes
- ↑ Volcano Alligator Lake : [ eng. ] // Global Volcanism Program . - Smithsonian Institution . - Date of treatment: 08/06/2012.
Video
Alligator Lake and its surroundings on YouTube
Links
- Volcano Alligator Lake : [ eng. ] // Global Volcanism Program . - Smithsonian Institution .
- Volcano Live - John Search
- Mountain-forecast.com