Kanaga 1906/5
Start: May 1906 [1]
Event Type: Effusive
Description: From Miller and others (1998): "A trapper living on the island in 1906 experienced several earthquakes and witnessed lava pouring down both east and west sides of the cone. Coats (1956) interpreted these flows to be the ones now present on the northeast and southwest slopes of Kanaga Volcano."
Coats (1956): "An eruption in May 1906 was reported in a letter to the writer from Simeon Oliver, teacher at Atka, who obtained his information from William Dirks of Atka. According to Dirks, who was trapping near Kanaga Volcano at the time, earthquakes occurred and lava poured down the east and west sides of the cone to the sea. It is possible that these lava flows are the ones now present on the southwest and northeast sides of the cone; however, only one of them reached the sea."
Coats (1956): "An eruption in May 1906 was reported in a letter to the writer from Simeon Oliver, teacher at Atka, who obtained his information from William Dirks of Atka. According to Dirks, who was trapping near Kanaga Volcano at the time, earthquakes occurred and lava poured down the east and west sides of the cone to the sea. It is possible that these lava flows are the ones now present on the southwest and northeast sides of the cone; however, only one of them reached the sea."
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References Cited
[1] Geology of northern Kanaga Island, 1947
Coats, R. R., 1947, Geology of northern Kanaga Island: U.S. Geological Survey Alaskan Volcano Investigations Report 0002, p. 87-94, 1 plate, scale 1:25,000.[2] Geology of northern Kanaga Island, Alaska, 1956
Coats, R. R., 1956, Geology of northern Kanaga Island, Alaska: in Investigations of Alaskan volcanoes, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1028-D, p. 69-81, 1 sheet, scale 1:25,000.
full-text PDF 2.3 MB
plate 15 PDF 3.1 MB Complete Eruption References
Geology of northern Kanaga Island, 1947
Coats, R. R., 1947, Geology of northern Kanaga Island: U.S. Geological Survey Alaskan Volcano Investigations Report 0002, p. 87-94, 1 plate, scale 1:25,000.
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
Geology of northern Kanaga Island, Alaska, 1956
Coats, R. R., 1956, Geology of northern Kanaga Island, Alaska: in Investigations of Alaskan volcanoes, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1028-D, p. 69-81, 1 sheet, scale 1:25,000.
full-text PDF 2.3 MB
plate 15 PDF 3.1 MB 