Amukta 1876

Start: 1876 ^[1]

Event Type: Other

Event Characteristics:

"Smoke" ^[2] ^[1]

Description: Coats (1950) reports smoke from Amukta in 1876. An article in the journal Nature (1879) reports Amukta in eruption in 1878, however. The Nature article states: "In the volcanic series of the Aleutian Islands, the volcanoes on Amukta, Tscheguluk, and the Vsevidok volcano (almost 2,800 m high) on Umnak were in eruption."

References Cited

[1] Volcanic activity in the Aleutian Arc, 1950

Coats, R. R., 1950, Volcanic activity in the Aleutian Arc: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 0974-B, p. 35-49, 1 sheet, scale 1:5,000,000.

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full-text PDF 783 KB

[2] Katalog der geschichtlichen vulkanausbruche, 1917

Sapper, Karl, 1917, Katalog der geschichtlichen vulkanausbruche: Strassburg, Germany, Karl J. Trubner, 358 p.

Complete Eruption References

Catalog of the historically active volcanoes of Alaska, 1998

Miller, T. P., McGimsey, R. G., Richter, D. H., Riehle, J. R., Nye, C. J., Yount, M. E., and Dumoulin, J. A., 1998, Catalog of the historically active volcanoes of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-0582, 104 p.

title page PDF 52

intro and TOC PDF 268 KB

eastern part - Wrangell to Ukinrek Maars PDF 972 KB

central part - Chiginagak to Cleveland PDF 2,463 KB

western part - Carlisle to Kiska PDF 956 KB

references PDF 43 KB

Hard Copy held by AVO at FBKS - CEC shelf

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

Age, character, and significance of Aleutian arc volcanism, 1994

Fournelle, J. H., Marsh, B. D., and Myers, J. D., 1994, Age, character, and significance of Aleutian arc volcanism: in Plafker, George and Berg, H. C., (eds.), The Geology of Alaska, Geological Society of America The Geology of North America Series v. G-1, p. 723-758.

Alaska Peninsula-Aleutian Islands, 1958

Powers, H. A., 1958, Alaska Peninsula-Aleutian Islands: in Williams, H., (ed.), Landscapes of Alaska, Los Angeles, CA, University of California Press, p. 61-75.