Gareloi 1790
Start: 1790 [1]
Event Type: Explosive
Max VEI: 2 [2]
- "Fire", "Glowing", or incandescence [3]
Description: Grewingk (1850, translated 2003 by Fritz Jaensch) states that Sarychev passed Gareloi on the twenty-fourth of September, 1790 and on June 17, 1791 and described Gareloi as a "very tall, snow-covered, fire-belching mountain." It is uncertain if an eruption was observed on either or both of these occasions. The English translation of Sarychev (translated from Russian in 1806 and 1807, republished 1969) makes no mention of "fire-belching" and instead simply states that Gareloi was covered in "eternal snow." Coats (1950): reports minor explosive activity at Gareloi in 1790. Petroff (1884), Becker (1898), and Dall (1870) make no mention of this dubious eruption.
Sauer's account (1802) of the same voyage that Sarychev was on does mention Gareloi on the 24th of September, 1790, and June 17, 1791, but makes no mention of volcanic activity.
Sauer's account (1802) of the same voyage that Sarychev was on does mention Gareloi on the 24th of September, 1790, and June 17, 1791, but makes no mention of volcanic activity.
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] 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] Grewingk's geology of Alaska and the Northwest Coast of America [edited by Marvin W. Falk, translation by Fritz Jaensch published 2003], 1850
Grewingk, Constantine, 1850, Grewingk's geology of Alaska and the Northwest Coast of America [edited by Marvin W. Falk, translation by Fritz Jaensch published 2003]: Rasmuson Library Historical Translation Series 11, Fairbanks, AK, The University of Alaska Press, 242 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
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 
Geologic reconnaissance of Gareloi Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, 1959
Coats, R. R., 1959, Geologic reconnaissance of Gareloi Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska: in Investigations of Alaskan volcanoes, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1028-J, p. 249-256, 1 sheet, scale unknown.
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Reconnaissance of the gold fields of southern Alaska with some notes on general geology, 1898
Becker, G. F., 1898, Reconnaissance of the gold fields of southern Alaska with some notes on general geology: U.S. Geological Survey Annual Report 0018, p. 1-86, 6 sheets, scale unknown.
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The volcanic region of Alaska, 1884
Petroff, Ivan, 1884, The volcanic region of Alaska: in Population, Industries, and Resources of Alaska, Washington DC, Government Printing Office, p. 93-96.
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Alaska and its resources, 1870
Dall, W. H., 1870, Alaska and its resources: Boston, Lee and Shepard, 627 p.
Grewingk's geology of Alaska and the Northwest Coast of America [edited by Marvin W. Falk, translation by Fritz Jaensch published 2003], 1850
Grewingk, Constantine, 1850, Grewingk's geology of Alaska and the Northwest Coast of America [edited by Marvin W. Falk, translation by Fritz Jaensch published 2003]: Rasmuson Library Historical Translation Series 11, Fairbanks, AK, The University of Alaska Press, 242 p.
Hard Copy held by AVO at FBKS - CEC shelf
Account of a voyage of discovery to the north-east of Siberia, the frozen ocean, and the north-east sea, 1969
Sarychev, G.A., translated from Russian in 1806 and 1807, republished 1969, Account of a voyage of discovery to the north-east of Siberia, the frozen ocean, and the north-east sea: New York, Da Capo Press, 110 p.
Expedition to the northern parts of Russia, for ascertaining the degree of latitude and longitude of the mouth of the river Kovima; of the whole coast of the Tshutski, to East Cape; and of the islands in the eastern ocean, stretching to the American coast, 1802
Sauer, Martin, 1802, Expedition to the northern parts of Russia, for ascertaining the degree of latitude and longitude of the mouth of the river Kovima; of the whole coast of the Tshutski, to East Cape; and of the islands in the eastern ocean, stretching to the American coast: London, A. Strahan, 3332 p.
Preliminary volcano-hazard assessment for Gareloi Volcano, Gareloi Island, Alaska, 2008
Coombs, M.L., McGimsey, R.G., and Browne, B.L., 2008, Preliminary volcano-hazard assessment for Gareloi Volcano, Gareloi Island, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5159, 29 p., 1 sheet, available at https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2008/5159/.
