Akutan 1765
Start: 1765 ± 5 Years [1]
Event Type: Other
Description: Coxe (1787) reports "The flames of sulfur are occasionally seen at night upon the mountains of Unalaska and Akutan." Jacob and Hauksson (1983) interpret this statement to mean eruptions at Akutan during the 1760's.
References Cited
[1] A seismotectonic analysis of the seismic and volcanic hazards in the Pribilof Islands - Eastern Aleutian Islands Region of the Bering Sea, 1983
Jacob, K. H., and Hauksson, Egill, 1983, A seismotectonic analysis of the seismic and volcanic hazards in the Pribilof Islands - Eastern Aleutian Islands Region of the Bering Sea: Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory of Columbia University Annual Report NOAA 03--5-022-70, New York, 224 p.[2] The Russian discoveries between Asia and America (republished by University Microfilms, 1966), 1787
Coxe, William, 1787, The Russian discoveries between Asia and America (republished by University Microfilms, 1966): Ann Arbor, Michigan, University Microfilms, 344 p.[3] Grewingk's geology of Alaska and the Northwest Coast of America [edited by Marvin W. Falk, translation by Fritz Jaensch published 2003], 1850
Grewingk, Constantine, 1850, Grewingk's geology of Alaska and the Northwest Coast of America [edited by Marvin W. Falk, translation by Fritz Jaensch published 2003]: Rasmuson Library Historical Translation Series 11, Fairbanks, AK, The University of Alaska Press, 242 p.Complete Eruption References
The Russian discoveries between Asia and America (republished by University Microfilms, 1966), 1787
Coxe, William, 1787, The Russian discoveries between Asia and America (republished by University Microfilms, 1966): Ann Arbor, Michigan, University Microfilms, 344 p.
Hard Copy held by AVO at FBKS - CEC file cabinet
Grewingk's geology of Alaska and the Northwest Coast of America [edited by Marvin W. Falk, translation by Fritz Jaensch published 2003], 1850
Grewingk, Constantine, 1850, Grewingk's geology of Alaska and the Northwest Coast of America [edited by Marvin W. Falk, translation by Fritz Jaensch published 2003]: Rasmuson Library Historical Translation Series 11, Fairbanks, AK, The University of Alaska Press, 242 p.
Hard Copy held by AVO at FBKS - CEC shelf
A seismotectonic analysis of the seismic and volcanic hazards in the Pribilof Islands - Eastern Aleutian Islands Region of the Bering Sea, 1983
Jacob, K. H., and Hauksson, Egill, 1983, A seismotectonic analysis of the seismic and volcanic hazards in the Pribilof Islands - Eastern Aleutian Islands Region of the Bering Sea: Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory of Columbia University Annual Report NOAA 03--5-022-70, New York, 224 p.
