Usage:
Vega Bay Formation (AK*)
Geologic age:
Tertiary, middle*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Along coast of Vega Bay, west of Gertrude Cove, between Long. 177 deg. 22 min. and 117 deg. 25 min. E., Kiska Island, Rat Island group, Aleutian Islands, AK (Coats and others, 1961).
AAPG geologic province:
Aleutian Islands province*
Alaska Southwestern 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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