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i need information on the volcanoes of the mariana islands. its for a report!

Answer 1

Check out wikipedia.org, yahoo.com, google.com, askjeeves.com, or your local library for information.

Answer 2

There are 4 separate volcanic islands in the Marianas chain.

Anatahan is one of the most active volcanoes of the Northern Mariana Islands. The island of Anatahan is 9 km long and has a land area of 31.21 km² (12.05 sq mi). Formerly inhabited, it now has no population because of the always-present danger of volcanic eruptions. Sparseness of vegetation in the most recent lava flows on Anatahan indicated that they were of holocene age, but the first historical eruption of Anatahan did not occur until May 2003, when a large explosive eruption took place forming a new crater inside the eastern caldera.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatahan

Asuncion (or Ascuncion) is the third northmost independent island in the Northern Mariana Islands chain at 19°43′N 145°41′E.
It is located in the far northern part of the Mariana arc of volcanic islands, situated 101 km northwest of Agrihan and 37 km southeast of the Maug Islands; the island of Pagan lies 175 km to the southwest. It is a stratovolcano, 857m at the tallest point, and has a land area of 7.31 km² (2.82 sq mi). Most coastlines are rocky or clifflike. There are a number of deep ravines breaking up the slopes. Administratively it is a part of the Northern Islands Municipality.
The island is heavily vegetated with coconut palm plantations and broadleaf forests. The ravines are also heavily vegetated with other woody species. The island is uninhabited
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asuncion_Island

Farallon de Pajaros (from Spanish Farallón de los pájaros, meaning Birds Rock), also known as Urracas (from Spanish Urracas, meaning Magpies), is the northernmost island in the Northern Mariana Islands chain.
Farallon de Pajaros is uninhabited and is located at 20°32′42″N, 144°53′37″E. It has a land area of 2.55 km² (0.985 sq mi). Its highest point is 1,180 feet (360 m) above sea level. It is 1.2 miles in diameter, and it is a volcanic island that has had many eruptions. Some of its Northern Mariana Islands neighbors include Saipan and Tinian
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farallon_de_Pajaros

Pagan Island is an island of the Northern Mariana Islands chain, located at 18.10° N 145.76° E, approximately 320 kilometers north of Saipan. Pagan has an area of 47.23 km² (18.24 sq mi), the fourth largest island of the Northern Marianas, and consists of two stratovolcanoes joined by a narrow strip of land. The stratovolcano at the northeast end of the island, at 18.13° N 145.8° E, has an altitude of 570 m; the other, at the southwest end at 18.075° N 145.725° E, is 548 m high. It was inhabited during historical times, but a 1981 eruption forced the evacuation of its inhabitants. The 2000 census reported no residents. Politically it is part of the Northern Islands Municipality
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagan_Island

Answer 3

http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/MarianaIslands/Maps/map_mariana_islands_volcanoes.html

Answer 4

http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/southeast_asia/mariana/basic_geology.html

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http://northernmarianaislands.noggle.com/geos/cq.aspx --this one looks pretty good!!!

http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/MarianaIslands/Maps/map_mariana_islands_volcanoes.html

http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/region.cfm?rnum=0804

Answer 5

http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/cnmi/

http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=5257

http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2004EOSTr..85....2W