Makushin 1938/6
Start: June 1938 ± 3 Months [1]
Event Type: Explosive
Max VEI: 2 [2]
Description: Coats (1950) reports an ash eruption from Makushin in October, 1938. However, the Anchorage Daily Times, in October 1938 reports that the Coast and Geodetic Survey was in the Aleutian Islands during the summer of 1938, and that the crew reported "the most violent eruption with great clouds of smoke rising from its crater." Therefore it seems likely that the previously cited October date for this eruption is inaccurate and that the observed volcanic activity actually took place sometime during the summer.
References Cited
[1] Three peaks busy boiling in Aleutians, Coast and Geodetic Survey crews home from work, tell of adventures, 1938
Unknown, 1938, Three peaks busy boiling in Aleutians, Coast and Geodetic Survey crews home from work, tell of adventures: Anchorage Daily Times, v. Oct. 20, 1938, Anchorage, AK, p. 4.[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.
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full-text PDF 783 KB Complete Eruption References
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 
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
Three peaks busy boiling in Aleutians, Coast and Geodetic Survey crews home from work, tell of adventures, 1938
Unknown, 1938, Three peaks busy boiling in Aleutians, Coast and Geodetic Survey crews home from work, tell of adventures: Anchorage Daily Times, v. Oct. 20, 1938, Anchorage, AK, p. 4.
Hard Copy held by AVO at FBKS - CEC file cabinet