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Kookooligit Mountains

Kookooligit Mountains

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The Kookooligit Mountains are a volcanic mountain range on north-central St. Lawrence Island in the U.S. state of Alaska. They consist of a 30 km (19 mi) long and 40 km (25 mi) wide shield volcano capped with over 100 smaller volcanic cones.[1][2] The volcanic cones are composed primarily of alkali olivine basalts, olivine tholeiite, and basanite.[2]

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    "Kookooligit Mountains". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
  2. [2]
    "Kookooligit Mountains - Introduction". www.avo.alaska.edu. Retrieved 2015-09-11.


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