Peulik 1852
Start: 1852 [1]
Event Type: Other
- "Smoke" [1]
- Central eruption [1]
Description: From Kisslinger (1983), translating Doroshin (1870): "In the summer of 1852, I proceeded from here on a southwesterly course along the eastern coast of the Alaskan Peninsula. At approximately 57 degrees 31 minutes latitude, 155 degrees 55 minutes longitude, I saw rising from behind a mountain the crater of Mt. Peulik. * * * I saw only smoke, coming from the south side of the crater. There are petroleum sources nearby. When portaging from Lake Iz'iagyk to the lake from which the Ugashik River flows [i.e., Upper Ugashik Lake], one must pass near this volcano. I would like to suggest that Mt. Peulik is identical with the mountain that is called 'Bocharov' on maps." Miller (2004) qualifies this report, stating: "Because Mount Peulik is separated from other prominent active volcanic edifices in the region [see fig. 1 in original text], these reports [of activity in 1814 and 1852] are credible and may represent the most recent eruptions at the center."
References Cited
[1] Some volcanoes, volcanic eruption, and earthquakes in the former Russian America. Peter Doroshin's account of volcanic activity and earthquakes between 1840 and 1866, 1983
Kisslinger, J.B., 1983, Some volcanoes, volcanic eruption, and earthquakes in the former Russian America. Peter Doroshin's account of volcanic activity and earthquakes between 1840 and 1866: Pacific Northwest Quarterly, v. 74, n. 2, p. 59-68.Complete Eruption References
Geology of the Ugashik-Mount Peulik volcanic center, Alaska, 2004
Miller, T. P., 2004, Geology of the Ugashik-Mount Peulik volcanic center, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1009, 19 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:63,360.
full-text PDF 1.7 MB
plate 1 PDF 660 KB
plate 2 PDF 142 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
Some volcanoes, volcanic eruption, and earthquakes in the former Russian America. Peter Doroshin's account of volcanic activity and earthquakes between 1840 and 1866, 1983
Kisslinger, J.B., 1983, Some volcanoes, volcanic eruption, and earthquakes in the former Russian America. Peter Doroshin's account of volcanic activity and earthquakes between 1840 and 1866: Pacific Northwest Quarterly, v. 74, n. 2, p. 59-68.
Hard Copy held by AVO at FBKS - CEC file cabinet