Sugarloaf Peak

Sugarloaf Peak
Sugarloaf Peak

Location in Arizona

Highest point
Elevation 9,287 ft (2,831 m) NAVD 88[1]
Prominence 591 ft (180 m)[1]
Coordinates 35°21′48″N 111°36′54″W / 35.3633415°N 111.6148814°W / 35.3633415; -111.6148814Coordinates: 35°21′48″N 111°36′54″W / 35.3633415°N 111.6148814°W / 35.3633415; -111.6148814[2]
Geography
Location Coconino County, Arizona, U.S,
Topo map USGS Sunset Crater West
Geology
Mountain type rhyolite dome
Volcanic field San Francisco volcanic field

Sugarloaf is a rhyolite dome located just below the San Francisco Peaks in Flagstaff, Arizona. It formed after the sideways eruption of the mountain, which occurred in a similar to the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Sugarloaf Peak". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
  2. "Sugarloaf Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
  3. Wood, Charles A.; Jűrgen Kienle (1993). Volcanoes of North America. Cambridge University Press. pp. 278–281. ISBN 0-521-43811-X.


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