Cleveland 1938/6
Start: June 1938 ± 2 Months [1]
Event Type: Explosive
- "Smoke" [1]
- Steam [1]
- "Fire", "Glowing", or incandescence [3]
Description: The Anchorage Daily Times (1938) reported that during the summer of 1938, "officers of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey ships Surveyor and Pioneer said that "Mount Cleveland, on Chuginadak, one of the islands of the Four Mountains, which pokes its snowy head to a height of 8,500 feet, was emitting smoke and steam."
The Fairbanks Daily News Miner reported activity in July, 1938: "Indications of the eruption of Mount Cleveland on Chuginadak island are reported by a party of men at Pioneer Camp.
"In a wireless message to Dutch Harbor the members of the party report seeing sparks and hearing rumblings.
"The extent of the eruption is now [not?] known."
The Fairbanks Daily News Miner reported activity in July, 1938: "Indications of the eruption of Mount Cleveland on Chuginadak island are reported by a party of men at Pioneer Camp.
"In a wireless message to Dutch Harbor the members of the party report seeing sparks and hearing rumblings.
"The extent of the eruption is now [not?] known."
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References Cited
[1] Three peaks busy boiling in Aleutians, Coast and Geodetic Survey crews home from work, tell of adventures, 1938
Unknown, 1938, Three peaks busy boiling in Aleutians, Coast and Geodetic Survey crews home from work, tell of adventures: Anchorage Daily Times, v. Oct. 20, 1938, Anchorage, AK, p. 4.[2] 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 [3] Mount Cleveland, volcano of Aleutian chain, is erupting, 1938
Unknown, 1938, Mount Cleveland, volcano of Aleutian chain, is erupting: Fairbanks Daily News Miner, July 2, 1938, p. 1.Complete Eruption References
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 
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
Three peaks busy boiling in Aleutians, Coast and Geodetic Survey crews home from work, tell of adventures, 1938
Unknown, 1938, Three peaks busy boiling in Aleutians, Coast and Geodetic Survey crews home from work, tell of adventures: Anchorage Daily Times, v. Oct. 20, 1938, Anchorage, AK, p. 4.
Hard Copy held by AVO at FBKS - CEC file cabinet
Mount Cleveland, volcano of Aleutian chain, is erupting, 1938
Unknown, 1938, Mount Cleveland, volcano of Aleutian chain, is erupting: Fairbanks Daily News Miner, July 2, 1938, p. 1.
Hard Copy held by AVO at FBKS - CEC file cabinet