Great Sitkin 1933/11
Start: November 30, 1933 [1]
Event Type: Explosive
Max VEI: 2 [2]
Description: Coats (1950): Minor explosive eruption at Great Sitkin in 1933. Hantke (1951) reports an eruption in Nov. 1933. Numerous newspapers reported an eruption at the end of November, 1933.
References Cited
[1] Uebersicht ueber die vulkanische Taetigkeit 1941-1947, 1951
Hantke, Gustav, 1951, Uebersicht ueber die vulkanische Taetigkeit 1941-1947: Bulletin Volcanologique, v. 11, p. 161-208.[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] Recall predictions, 1933
Associated Press, 1933, Recall predictions: Reno Evening Gazette, Reno, NV, December 2, 1933, p. 1.Complete Eruption References
Preliminary volcano-hazard assessment for Great Sitkin Volcano, Alaska, 2003
Waythomas, C. F., Miller, T. P., and Nye, C. J., 2003, Preliminary volcano-hazard assessment for Great Sitkin Volcano, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-0112, 25 p., 1 sheet.
full-text PDF 18.5 MB 
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
Uebersicht ueber die vulkanische Taetigkeit 1941-1947, 1951
Hantke, Gustav, 1951, Uebersicht ueber die vulkanische Taetigkeit 1941-1947: Bulletin Volcanologique, v. 11, p. 161-208.
Hard Copy held by AVO at FBKS - CEC file cabinet
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 
Recall predictions, 1933
Associated Press, 1933, Recall predictions: Reno Evening Gazette, Reno, NV, December 2, 1933, p. 1.
Hard Copy held by AVO at FBKS - CEC file cabinet