Great Sitkin 1792/5
Start: May 26, 1792 ± 5 Days [1]
Event Type: Explosive
- "Fire", "Glowing", or incandescence [1]
Description: Grewingk (1850, translated 2003 by Fritz Jaensch) reports that in 1792 Sarychev said Great Sitkin was "belching fire until the end of May." The English translation of Sarychev makes no mention of this date or Great Sitkin.
References Cited
[1] 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
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.
Geology of Great Sitkin Island, 1947
Simons, F. S., and Mathewson, D. E., 1947, Geology of Great Sitkin Island: U.S. Geological Survey Alaskan Volcano Investigations Report 0002, p. 55-67.
Hard Copy held by AVO at FBKS - CEC shelf
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