Saint Lawrence Island is 160 km long in an east-west direction and from 15 km to 55 km wide in a north-south direction. The eastern end of the island consists largely of a wave-cut platform, which has been elevated as much as 30 m above sea level. Isolated upland areas composed largely of granitic plutons rise as much as 550 m above the wave-cut platform. The central part of the island is dominated by the Kookooligit Mountains, a large Quaternary shield volcano that extends over an area of 850 sq km and rises to an elevation of 630 m. The western end of the island is composed of the Poovoot Range, a group of barren, rubble-covered hills as much as 450 m high that extend from Boxer Bay on the southwest coast to Taphook Mountain on the north coast. The Poovoot Range is flanked on the southeast by the Putgut Plateau, a nearly flat, lake-dotted plain that stands 30-60 m above sea level. The western end of the island is marked by uplands underlain by the Sevuokuk pluton (unit Kg), a long narrow granite body that extends from Gambell on the north to near Boxer Bay on the south. Headlands having rugged cliffs or narrow, boulder-strewn beaches characterize the southwestern coastline.
NOTE: Because of the limitations of common GIS fonts, the letters "Mz", "Pz", "C", and "Z" are substituted for the standard symbols for "Mesozoic", "Paleozoic", "Cambrian", and "Proterozic".
Supplemental attribute tables included with this data set contain additional descriptive information of each geologic unit. A user may use items SOURCE and CLASS to retrieve information about the original units from which these generalized units were formed.
NOTE: Because of the limitations of common GIS fonts, the letters "Mz", "Pz", "C", and "Z" are substituted for the standard symbols for "Mesozoic", "Paleozoic", "Cambrian", and "Proterozic".
NOTE: Because of the limitations of common GIS fonts, the letters "Mz", "Pz", "C", and "Z" are substituted for the standard symbols for "Mesozoic", "Paleozoic", "Cambrian", and "Proterozic".
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