ALASKA VOLCANO OBSERVATORY INFORMATION STATEMENT U.S. Geological Survey Wednesday, May 22, 2013, 1:55 PM AKDT (Wednesday, May 22, 2013, 21:55 UTC)
UGASHIK-PEULIK VOLCANO
(VNUM #312130)
57°45'1" N 156°22'12" W,
Summit Elevation 4836 ft (1474 m)
Current Volcano Alert Level: NORMAL
Current Aviation Color Code: GREEN
Over the past several weeks seismic instruments at UGASHIK-PEULIK volcano have slowly returned to operation. These instruments are solar powered and have likely returned to operation as a result of increased solar input with the changing season. AVO is now able to seismically monitor this volcano and we have changed the Aviation Color Code from UNASSIGNED to GREEN and the Volcano Alert level to NORMAL
Mount Peulik, a small stratovolcano about 10 km (6.2 mi) in diameter at the base, is located just south of Becharof Lake on the Alaska Peninsula, approximately 540 km (325 mi) southwest of Anchorage and 115 km (70 mi) south of King Salmon. The volcano partially covers the northern margin of Ugashik caldera, an older circular structure about 5 km (3.1 mi) in diameter. Peulik's summit crater - about 1.5 km (1 mi) in diameter - is breached on the west side. The only known historic eruption of Peulik occurred around 1814.
Ukinrek Maars, located 12 km northwest of Ugashik-Peulik volcanic center, are a pair of phreatomagmatic explosion vents that formed in 1977. West Maar, elliptical in shape and up to 170 m in diameter and 35 m deep, formed on the northwest end of the ridge. East Maar lies 600 m east of West Maar at a lower elevation. It is circular, up to 300 m in diameter and 70 m deep, and has a 49-m-high central lava dome.
UKINREK MAARS VOLCANO
(VNUM #312131)
57°50'2" N 156°30'50" W,
Summit Elevation 299 ft (91 m)
Current Volcano Alert Level: NORMAL
Current Aviation Color Code: GREEN
Over the past several weeks seismic instruments at Ukinrek volcano have slowly returned to operation. These instruments are solar powered and have likely returned to operation as a result of increased solar input with the changing season. AVO is now able to seismically monitor this volcano and we have changed the Aviation Color Code from UNASSIGNED to GREEN and the Volcano Alert level to NORMAL
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RECORDING ON THE STATUS OF ALASKA'S VOLCANOES (907) 786-7478
CONTACT INFORMATION:
John Power, Scientist-in-Charge, USGS
jpower@usgs.gov (907) 786-7497
Jeff Freymueller, Coordinating Scientist, UAFGI
jeff.freymueller@gi.alaska.edu (907) 378-7556
The Alaska Volcano Observatory is a cooperative program of the U.S. Geological Survey, the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute, and the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys.