Akutan 1867

Start: 1867 [1]

Event Type: Explosive

Event Characteristics:
  • "Fire", "Glowing", or incandescence [2]

Description: Davidson (1884): speaking of two peaks on Akutan: "I made a sketch of them in 1867, when the eastern one was smoking * * *."
Byers and Barth (1953) report that Akutan in 1867 produced "smoke, fire, and 'great noises.'"

References Cited

[1] The first ascent of the Volcano Makushin, 1884

Davidson, G., 1884, The first ascent of the Volcano Makushin: Appalachia, v. 4, n. 1, p. 1-11.

[2] Volcanic activity on Akun and Akutan Islands, 1953

Byers, F. M., and Barth, T. F. W., 1953, Volcanic activity on Akun and Akutan Islands: in Pacific Science Congress, 7, Proceedings, v. 2, New Zealand, 1949, Geology, p. 382-397.

Complete Eruption References

Volcanic activity on Akun and Akutan Islands, 1953

Byers, F. M., and Barth, T. F. W., 1953, Volcanic activity on Akun and Akutan Islands: in Pacific Science Congress, 7, Proceedings, v. 2, New Zealand, 1949, Geology, p. 382-397.
Hard Copy held by AVO at FBKS - CEC file cabinet

The first ascent of the Volcano Makushin, 1884

Davidson, G., 1884, The first ascent of the Volcano Makushin: Appalachia, v. 4, n. 1, p. 1-11.
Hard Copy held by AVO at FBKS - CEC file cabinet

Volcanoes of the world [2nd edition], 1994

Simkin, Tom, and Siebert, Lee, 1994, Volcanoes of the world [2nd edition]: Tucson, Arizona, Geoscience Press, 349 p.
Hard Copy held by AVO at FBKS - CEC shelf