Fisher 1830/8

Start: August 1830 [1]

Event Type: Explosive

Max VEI: 2 [2]

Event Characteristics:
  • Active; type of activity not specified [1]

Description: Veniaminov (1840, translated by Lydia T. Black and R.H. Geoghegan, 1984), writing of a peak that may be Fisher caldera, reports that in "August, 1830, the summit of this peak exploded again, but without any other special phenomena."

References Cited

[1] Notes on the islands of the Unalaska district [translated from Russian by Lydia T. Black and R.H. Geoghegan in 1984], 1840

Veniaminov, Ivan, 1840, Notes on the islands of the Unalaska district [translated from Russian by Lydia T. Black and R.H. Geoghegan in 1984]: Pierce, R. A., (ed.), Kingston, Ontario, Limestone Press, 511 p.

[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.

Complete Eruption References

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

Mountains on Unimak Island, Alaska, 1903

Westdahl, F., 1903, Mountains on Unimak Island, Alaska: National Geographic Magazine, v. 14, n. 3, p. 91-99.
Hard Copy held by AVO at FBKS - CEC file cabinet

Notes on the islands of the Unalaska district [translated from Russian by Lydia T. Black and R.H. Geoghegan in 1984], 1840

Veniaminov, Ivan, 1840, Notes on the islands of the Unalaska district [translated from Russian by Lydia T. Black and R.H. Geoghegan in 1984]: Pierce, R. A., (ed.), Kingston, Ontario, Limestone Press, 511 p.
Hard Copy held by AVO at FBKS - CEC file cabinet
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