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Mount Pagan on May 10, 2006

By Geologic Hazards Science Center May 10, 2006

View of the Holocene active Mount Pagan on the northern part of the island

Detailed Description

This view from Togari Mountain, looking north to the recently active Mount Pagan is a panoramic view from May 10, 2006. A team of Hawaiian Volcano scientists and volunteers assessed volcanic and seismic hazards in collaboration with the Saipan Emergency Management Office.

Sources/Usage

Public Domain.

Publications

January 1, 2006

Preliminary Geologic Map of Mount Pagan Volcano, Pagan Island, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Preliminary Geologic Map of Mount Pagan Volcano, Pagan Island, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

Pagan Island is the subaerial portion of two adjoining Quaternary stratovolcanoes near the middle of the active Mariana Arc, [FAT1]north of Saipan. Pagan and the other volcanic islands that constitute part of the Arc form the northern half of the East Mariana Ridge[FAT2], which extends about 2-4 km above the ocean floor. The > 6-km-deep Mariana Trench adjoins the East Mariana Ridge on...

Authors

Frank A. Trusdell, Richard B. Moore, Maurice K. Sako

Volcano Hazards Program, Volcano Science Center, Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, Pagan

Publications

January 1, 2006