Thursday, March 26, 2009

What is Shishaldin's geologic location?


The Shishaldin Volcano is located in Alaska, United States. It is close to the cities Akutan and Cold Bay, which are relatively unknown towns when compared to Anchorage, Alaska, which Shishaldin it is 1100 kilometers away from. Shishaldin is found along a line that is commonly referred to as "The Ring of Fire". The Ring of Fire is an extensive zone of volcanic activity where the Pacific Plate is colliding and subducting beneath other plates, meaning the Shishaldin Volcano formed on a subduction boundary. It is the highest peak, at 2857 meters tall, in the Aleutian Islands

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