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Global Volcanism Program | Image GVP-09521

Two coalescing volcanoes form the 9-km-long island of Anatahan in the central Mariana Islands. The rim of a 2.5 x 5 km E-W-trending summit depression consisting of overlapping summit calderas forms the low point at the center of the island. Photo by Dick Moore, 1990 (U.S. Geological Survey).

Two coalescing volcanoes form the 9-km-long island of Anatahan in the central Mariana Islands. The rim of a 2.5 x 5 km E-W-trending summit depression consisting of overlapping summit calderas forms the low point at the center of the island.

Photo by Dick Moore, 1990 (U.S. Geological Survey).

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