Makushin 1867/9
Start: September 9, 1867 [1]
Event Type: Other
- Central eruption [1]
- Fumarolic or hydrothermal activity [1]
Description: Davidson (1884) climbed Makushin in 1867. On September 8, 1867, his party was ascending Makushin: "At 9:30 a.m. they reached the base of a very steep mountain, which we afterwards saw from the vessel, its almost perpendicular, black, scarred front looking like a great fortress on the outer flank of the snow-covered mountains. At its base the herbage was removed, and the earth at six inches below the surface was so hot that no one could bear his hands in it. The surface was cool; but, curiously enough, no one thought of observing the temperatures." At 9 a.m. on September 9, the expedition reached the crater: "For a few minutes the clouds broke away, and almost beneath the party lay the crater, rolling out volumes of smoke and yellow sulfurous vapors."
References Cited
[1] 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.[2] 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.
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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.
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
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 