Bogoslof 1908/1
Start: January 1908 ± 3 Months [1]
Event Type: Explosive
Description: In July, 1908, observers on the vessel McCulloch reported that Metcalf Cone of the Bogoslof Islands was completely gone (Jaggar, 1930). This observation suggests that there was an explosive eruption during the winter of 1907-08. Possible evidence of this eruption was witnessed by observers on the Albatross early in the year of 1908.
From Hunnicutt (1943): "The crew of the U.S.S. Albatross in 1908, while traveling off the islands, witnessed an uprising of a subterranean volcano which doubtless later added to the bulk of Bogosloff. The surface of the ocean rose in a gigantic, dome-like swelling, suggestive of a colossal soap bubble, then receded. This occurred several times and before each subsidence there was a tremendous escape of gas. Gigantic clouds of smoke and steam issued from where the water had humped itself."
From Hunnicutt (1943): "The crew of the U.S.S. Albatross in 1908, while traveling off the islands, witnessed an uprising of a subterranean volcano which doubtless later added to the bulk of Bogosloff. The surface of the ocean rose in a gigantic, dome-like swelling, suggestive of a colossal soap bubble, then receded. This occurred several times and before each subsidence there was a tremendous escape of gas. Gigantic clouds of smoke and steam issued from where the water had humped itself."
References Cited
[1] Bogoslof the moving island, 1943
Hunnicutt, E. W., 1943, Bogoslof the moving island: Alaska Life, v. 6, n. 4, p. 55-58.[2] Recent activity of Bogoslof Volcano, 1930
Jaggar, T. A., 1930, Recent activity of Bogoslof Volcano: The Volcano Letter, v. 275, p. 1-3.
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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
Geology of Umnak and Bogoslof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, 1959
Byers, F. M. Jr., 1959, Geology of Umnak and Bogoslof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska: in Investigations of Alaskan volcanoes, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1028-L, p. 267-369, 5 sheets, scale 1 at 1:63,360, 1 at 1:96,000, and 1 at 1:300,000.
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plate 39 PDF 2.2 MB
plate 40 PDF 3.9 MB
plate 41 PDF 5.6 MB
plate 48 PDF 85 KB
table 3 PDF 149 KB 
Volcanoes declare war: logistics and strategy of Pacific volcano science, 1945
Jaggar, T. A., 1945, Volcanoes declare war: logistics and strategy of Pacific volcano science: Honolulu, Paradise of the Pacific, Ltd, 166 p.
Bogoslof the moving island, 1943
Hunnicutt, E. W., 1943, Bogoslof the moving island: Alaska Life, v. 6, n. 4, p. 55-58.
Evolution of Bogoslof volcano, 1931
Jaggar, T. A., 1931, Evolution of Bogoslof volcano: The Volcano Letter, v. 322, p. 1-3.
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Recent activity of Bogoslof Volcano, 1930
Jaggar, T. A., 1930, Recent activity of Bogoslof Volcano: The Volcano Letter, v. 275, p. 1-3.
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Recent changes in Bogoslof volcano, 1916
Powers, Sidney, 1916, Recent changes in Bogoslof volcano: Geographical Review, v. 2, n. 3, p. 218-221.
