Akutan 1972/2
Start: February 11, 1972 [1]
Event Type: Explosive
Max VEI: 2 [2]
Description: From Shackelford (1976): "The crew of the S.S. Summit observed Akutan in eruption at 0900 GMT on 11 February 1974. Ejecta was thrown to heights exceeding 100 meters, while a lava flow poured down the west flank of the volcano toward the Lava Bight. The lava flow was several hundred meters in length. The eruption was of a pulsating, intermittent nature (Information from Smithsonian Institution, 1974).
"Since the original report said that the lava was flowing down the side of the 634 m peak, and because Akutan is 1293 m tall, it may well have been a flank eruption."
"Since the original report said that the lava was flowing down the side of the 634 m peak, and because Akutan is 1293 m tall, it may well have been a flank eruption."
References Cited
[1] Akutan, 1976
Shackelford, D. C., 1976, Akutan: in Annual report of the world volcanic eruptions in 1974 with supplements to the previous issues, Bulletin of Volcanic Eruption, v. 14, p. 51.[2] 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.[3] Akutan, 1974
Smithsonian Institution, 1974, Akutan: Center for Short Lived Phenomenon Event Notification Report 1812, v. 32, n. 74, unpaged.Complete Eruption References
Akutan, 1976
Shackelford, D. C., 1976, Akutan: in Annual report of the world volcanic eruptions in 1974 with supplements to the previous issues, Bulletin of Volcanic Eruption, v. 14, p. 51.
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
Akutan, 1974
Smithsonian Institution, 1974, Akutan: Center for Short Lived Phenomenon Event Notification Report 1812, v. 32, n. 74, unpaged.