Kiska 1969/9
Start: September 11, 1969 [1]
Stop: September 16, 1969 [2]
Event Type: Explosive
Max VEI: 2 [3]
- Tephra plume [1]
- "Fire", "Glowing", or incandescence [4]
Description: Miller and others (1998) "Coast and Geodetic Survey personnel recorded renewed activity on Kiska Island in early September, 1969; an ash column was observed rising to 400 m and steam to 4000 m. "Flames" and what appeared to be lava were reportedly visible from Amchitka, 80 km distant. On September 16, strong sulfur odors, air temperatures elevated by 10 to 15 degrees C, and possible evidence of a small lava flow were noted during a military flight over north Kiska Island (Smithsonian Institution, 1969; eyewitness accounts on file at Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks.)"
Smithsonian Institution, 1969, CSLP Card 0751: (12 September 1969) Ash to about 1,200 feet and steam plumes to about 12,000 feet and lava seen; source uncertain
Smithsonian Institution, CSLP Card 0752: (17 September 1969) Overflights identify Kiska as source of activity
Smithsonian Institution, 1969, CSLP Card 0751: (12 September 1969) Ash to about 1,200 feet and steam plumes to about 12,000 feet and lava seen; source uncertain
Smithsonian Institution, CSLP Card 0752: (17 September 1969) Overflights identify Kiska as source of activity
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References Cited
[1] Kiska, 1969
Smithsonian Institution, 1969, Kiska: Center for Short-Lived Phenomena Event Notification Card 0751, v. 116, n. 69, unpaged.[2] Kiska, 1969
Smithsonian Institution, 1969, Kiska: Center for Short-Lived Phenomena Event Notification Card 0752, v. 116, n. 69, unpaged.[3] 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.[4] 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 Complete Eruption References
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.
Kiska, 1969
Smithsonian Institution, 1969, Kiska: Center for Short-Lived Phenomena Event Notification Card 0751, v. 116, n. 69, unpaged.
Kiska, 1969
Smithsonian Institution, 1969, Kiska: Center for Short-Lived Phenomena Event Notification Card 0752, v. 116, n. 69, unpaged.