Pavlof 1762
Start: 1762 [1]
Stop: 1786 [2]
Event Type: Explosive
Description: Grewingk (1850, translated 2003 by Fritz Jaensch) reported Pavlof active from 1762-1786, and said that the northern crater collapsed in 1786.
Veniaminov (1840, translated by Lydia T. Black and R.H. Geoghegan, 1984) reports: "Before 1786 the northern, or interior, half burned. In 1786, following an eruption, at the time of a severe earthquake and tremendous thunder, its upper part collapsed; at the same time the crater opened in the southern or shore-ward half, whence smoke is emitted to this day."
Hantke (1955) also reports: "From 1762 to 1786, only the northern vent was active. That crater was then closed off by a plug. Eruptions then came out of southern vent."
Kennedy and Waldron (1955), McNutt (1985) suggests that some or all of this activity may be from Pavlof Sister, rather than Pavlof. Coats (1950) lists this eruption as from Pavlof Sister. Sapper (1927) estimates between 10^8 to 10^9 cubic meters of tephra were erupted.
Veniaminov (1840, translated by Lydia T. Black and R.H. Geoghegan, 1984) reports: "Before 1786 the northern, or interior, half burned. In 1786, following an eruption, at the time of a severe earthquake and tremendous thunder, its upper part collapsed; at the same time the crater opened in the southern or shore-ward half, whence smoke is emitted to this day."
Hantke (1955) also reports: "From 1762 to 1786, only the northern vent was active. That crater was then closed off by a plug. Eruptions then came out of southern vent."
Kennedy and Waldron (1955), McNutt (1985) suggests that some or all of this activity may be from Pavlof Sister, rather than Pavlof. Coats (1950) lists this eruption as from Pavlof Sister. Sapper (1927) estimates between 10^8 to 10^9 cubic meters of tephra were erupted.
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] Notes on the islands of the Unalaska district [translated from Russian by Lydia T. Black and R.H. Geoghegan in 1984], 1840
Veniaminov, Ivan, 1840, Notes on the islands of the Unalaska district [translated from Russian by Lydia T. Black and R.H. Geoghegan in 1984]: Pierce, R. A., (ed.), Kingston, Ontario, Limestone Press, 511 p.[3] Uebersicht ueber die vulkanische Taetigkeit 1948-1950, 1955
Hantke, Gustav, 1955, Uebersicht ueber die vulkanische Taetigkeit 1948-1950: Bulletin Volcanlogique, v. 14, p. 151-184.[4] 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 [5] Geology of Pavlof Volcano and vicinity, 1955
Kennedy, G. C., and Waldron, H. H., 1955, Geology of Pavlof Volcano and vicinity: U.S. Geological Survey Alaskan Volcano Investigations Report 0002, p. 7-18.[6] The eruptive activity, seismicity, and velocity structure of Pavlof volcano, Eastern Aleutians, 1985
McNutt, S. R., 1985, The eruptive activity, seismicity, and velocity structure of Pavlof volcano, Eastern Aleutians: Columbia University unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, 214 p.Complete Eruption References
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
Uebersicht ueber die vulkanische Taetigkeit 1948-1950, 1955
Hantke, Gustav, 1955, Uebersicht ueber die vulkanische Taetigkeit 1948-1950: Bulletin Volcanlogique, v. 14, p. 151-184.
Notes on the islands of the Unalaska district [translated from Russian by Lydia T. Black and R.H. Geoghegan in 1984], 1840
Veniaminov, Ivan, 1840, Notes on the islands of the Unalaska district [translated from Russian by Lydia T. Black and R.H. Geoghegan in 1984]: Pierce, R. A., (ed.), Kingston, Ontario, Limestone Press, 511 p.
Hard Copy held by AVO at FBKS - CEC file cabinet
The eruptive activity, seismicity, and velocity structure of Pavlof volcano, Eastern Aleutians, 1985
McNutt, S. R., 1985, The eruptive activity, seismicity, and velocity structure of Pavlof volcano, Eastern Aleutians: Columbia University unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, 214 p.
Hard Copy held by AVO at FBKS - CEC file cabinet
Hard Copy held by AVO at FBKS - CEC shelf
Geology of Pavlof Volcano and vicinity, 1955
Kennedy, G. C., and Waldron, H. H., 1955, Geology of Pavlof Volcano and vicinity: U.S. Geological Survey Alaskan Volcano Investigations Report 0002, p. 7-18.
Eruption characteristics and cycles at Pavlof Volcano, Alaska, and their relation to regional earthquake activity (USA), 1987
McNutt, S. R., 1987, Eruption characteristics and cycles at Pavlof Volcano, Alaska, and their relation to regional earthquake activity (USA): Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 31, n. 3, p. 239-267.
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 
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.
Vulkankunde, 1927
Sapper, Karl, 1927, Vulkankunde: Stuttgart, Germany, Englehorn Verlag, 424 p.