Anatahan
Anatahan, uninhabited volcanic island, 12.5 sq mi (32 sq km), Saipan dist., Northern Mariana Islands, in the W Pacific Ocean some 85 mi (140 km) N of Saipan. The island is dominated by two overlapping calderas and two peaks that reach 2,343 ft (714 m) and 2,585 ft (788 m) high. No eruptions of the volcano were recorded in historical times until 2003, when an explosive eruption began in the smaller, eastern caldera.
More From encyclopedia.com
Augustine Island , Augustine Island (ô´gəstēn, –tĬn; ôgŭs´tĬn), unihabited volcanic island, S Alaska, in Kamishak Bay at mouth of Cook Inlet. The active Augustine (or S… Mariana Islands , Mariana Islands Volcanic island chain in the w Pacific Ocean, stretching over 800km (500mi) of the Marianas Trench, c.2400km (1500mi) e of the Philip… Melville Island , Melville Island, c.16,400 sq mi (42,500 sq km), Northwest Territories and Nunavut, Canada, N of Victoria Island; largest of the Queen Elizabeth Islan… Gilbert And Ellice Islands , Gilbert and Ellice Islands Two groups of coral islands in the w Pacific Ocean, 4000km (2500mi) ne of Australia. In 1915, the islands became a British… Baffin Island , Baffin Island
Baffin Island, 183,810 sq mi (476,068 sq km), c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) long and from 130 to 450 mi (210–720 km) wide, in the Arctic Ocean,… Kilauea , Kilauea Volcanic crater in Hawaii, on se Hawaii Island. It last erupted in 1968 and is the largest active crater in the world. Height: 1,247m (4,090f…
You Might Also Like
NEARBY TERMS
Anatahan