Sugarloaf Peak

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Sugarloaf Peak
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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″N111°36′53″W / 35.3633011°N 111.6146343°W / 35.3633011; -111.6146343 Coordinates: 35°21′48″N111°36′53″W / 35.3633011°N 111.6146343°W / 35.3633011; -111.6146343 [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 fashion to the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. [3]

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References

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  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.