Usage:
Admiralty Island Volcanics (AK*)
Geologic age:
Oligocene*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from outcrops in southwestern part of Pybus-Gambier area of Admiralty Island, southeastern AK. Typically exposed west and north of Little Pybus Bay. Covers about 300 sq mi of southern Admiralty Island (Loney, 1964).
AAPG geologic province:
Alaska Southeastern region*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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