Makushin 1790/6
Start: June 7, 1790 [1]
Event Type: Other
Description: Grewingk (1850, translated 2003 by Fritz Jaensch) quotes Sarychev: "On the seventh of June 1790, the Makushin volcano was smoking. But it has not burned for a long time. Only now and then (on Feb. 14, 1792) did it expel smoke." The English translation of Sarychev does mention that he saw Makushin on those dates, but is unclear whether or not he saw smoke from Makushin: "It is higher than all the other mountains of Unalaska, with a summit more level than pointed; that on the southern side of the island has the appearance of being almost flat; all eruptions have long since ceased, and nothing now remains but occasional smoke. Earthquakes are likewise now very rare, which were formerly frequent and so violent as to overturn jurts and pendant rocks. On the summit of this crater the Aleutians collect sulphur and lava; from which the latter they make points for their darts."
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.[2] 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.
full-text PDF 1.5 MB [3] Alaska and its resources, 1870
Dall, W. H., 1870, Alaska and its resources: Boston, Lee and Shepard, 627 p.[4] The first ascent of the Volcano Makushin, 1884
Davidson, G., 1884, The first ascent of the Volcano Makushin: Appalachia, v. 4, n. 1, p. 1-11.[5] 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.
full-text PDF 10.9 MB [6] Reported volcanic eruptions in Alaska, Puget Sound, etc., 1690-1896, 1898
Plummer, F. G., 1898, Reported volcanic eruptions in Alaska, Puget Sound, etc., 1690-1896: in Holden, E. S., (ed.), A Catalogue of Earthquakes on the Pacific Coast 1769-1897, Smithsonian Institution Miscellaneous Collections 1087, City of Washington D.C., Smithsonian Institution, p. 24-27.[7] Current activity of Aleutian volcanoes, 1953
Powers, H. A., 1953, Current activity of Aleutian volcanoes: The Volcano Letter, v. 522, p. 6.
full-text PDF 397 KB [8] The Holocene eruptive history of Makushin Volcano, Alaska, 1999
Bean, K. W., 1999, The Holocene eruptive history of Makushin Volcano, Alaska: University of Alaska Fairbanks unpublished M.S. thesis, Fairbanks, AK, 130 p.
full-text PDF 6.1 MB [9] 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.Complete Eruption References
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.
full-text PDF 1.5 MB 
Alaska and its resources, 1870
Dall, W. H., 1870, Alaska and its resources: Boston, Lee and Shepard, 627 p.
The first ascent of the Volcano Makushin, 1884
Davidson, G., 1884, The first ascent of the Volcano Makushin: Appalachia, v. 4, n. 1, p. 1-11.
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
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.
full-text PDF 10.9 MB 
Reported volcanic eruptions in Alaska, Puget Sound, etc., 1690-1896, 1898
Plummer, F. G., 1898, Reported volcanic eruptions in Alaska, Puget Sound, etc., 1690-1896: in Holden, E. S., (ed.), A Catalogue of Earthquakes on the Pacific Coast 1769-1897, Smithsonian Institution Miscellaneous Collections 1087, City of Washington D.C., Smithsonian Institution, p. 24-27.
Current activity of Aleutian volcanoes, 1953
Powers, H. A., 1953, Current activity of Aleutian volcanoes: The Volcano Letter, v. 522, p. 6.
full-text PDF 397 KB 
The Holocene eruptive history of Makushin Volcano, Alaska, 1999
Bean, K. W., 1999, The Holocene eruptive history of Makushin Volcano, Alaska: University of Alaska Fairbanks unpublished M.S. thesis, Fairbanks, AK, 130 p.
full-text PDF 6.1 MB 
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.