Bogoslof 1931/10
Start: October 31, 1931 [1]
Event Type: Explosive
Max VEI: 1 [2]
- "Fire", "Glowing", or incandescence [1]
Description: Jaggar (1932) reports: ""Captain Nelson saw fire issuing from Bogoslof October 31, 1931, and found quantities of pumice near Umnak Island south of it. This observer believed Bogoslof to be continually smoking, according to his experience, but the 'fire' was unusual."
In 1934, further mention is made of Bogoslof. Hunnicutt (1943) reports that "In 1934 Bogosloff was visited by a scientific party form the Coast Guard vessel Chelan. When the men went on shore they feared the island would explode beneath their feet, but the scientist with them explained that the only live part of the island, volcanically speaking, was one peak named McCullock Peak which smoked continually at that time, and beyond this peak, on the opposite shore of the island, was a fissure visible at low tide. When the tide came in, steam and gas would rise out of this crevice and bubble and steam on the surface of the sea."
In 1934, further mention is made of Bogoslof. Hunnicutt (1943) reports that "In 1934 Bogosloff was visited by a scientific party form the Coast Guard vessel Chelan. When the men went on shore they feared the island would explode beneath their feet, but the scientist with them explained that the only live part of the island, volcanically speaking, was one peak named McCullock Peak which smoked continually at that time, and beyond this peak, on the opposite shore of the island, was a fissure visible at low tide. When the tide came in, steam and gas would rise out of this crevice and bubble and steam on the surface of the sea."
References Cited
[1] Aleutian eruptions 1930-1932, 1932
Jaggar, T. A., 1932, Aleutian eruptions 1930-1932: The Volcano Letter, v. 375, p. 1-4.
full-text PDF 1232 KB [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] 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.
plate 1 PDF 819 KB
full-text PDF 783 KB [4] 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.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.
intro and TOC PDF 268 KB
references PDF 43 KB 
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.
full-text PDF 3.5 MB
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 
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.
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.
plate 1 PDF 819 KB
full-text PDF 783 KB 
Bogoslof the moving island, 1943
Hunnicutt, E. W., 1943, Bogoslof the moving island: Alaska Life, v. 6, n. 4, p. 55-58.
Aleutian eruptions 1930-1932, 1932
Jaggar, T. A., 1932, Aleutian eruptions 1930-1932: The Volcano Letter, v. 375, p. 1-4.
full-text PDF 1232 KB 