Tanaga 1791/6
Start: June 9, 1791 [1]
Event Type: Other
- Tephrafall [2]
Description: Grewingk (1850, translated 2003 by Fritz Jaensch): Sauer and Sarychev saw smoking on the 9th of June, 1791. The English translation of Sarychev (translated from Russian in 1806 and 1807, republished 1969) makes no mention of smoking, and reads: "we were presented with the spectacle of a lofty volcanic mountain, that exposed to our view, at the distance of scarcely two miles, its black and tremendously tall side of rock."
Sauer (1802) writes that on the 9th of June, 1791, "At first we took the rock for the Volcano Gorelloi; but soon discovered it to be the northwest extremity of Tanaga, which is formed by an uneven-topped volcano, appearing like a cluster of mountains. One terminates in a conical point, of extreme height, emitting sometimes a column of smoke. They are all covered with snow, which descends in ridges to below the middle of the mountain, but much darkened by the quanity of ashes upon it."
Sauer (1802) writes that on the 9th of June, 1791, "At first we took the rock for the Volcano Gorelloi; but soon discovered it to be the northwest extremity of Tanaga, which is formed by an uneven-topped volcano, appearing like a cluster of mountains. One terminates in a conical point, of extreme height, emitting sometimes a column of smoke. They are all covered with snow, which descends in ridges to below the middle of the mountain, but much darkened by the quanity of ashes upon it."
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] Expedition to the northern parts of Russia, for ascertaining the degree of latitude and longitude of the mouth of the river Kovima; of the whole coast of the Tshutski, to East Cape; and of the islands in the eastern ocean, stretching to the American coast, 1802
Sauer, Martin, 1802, Expedition to the northern parts of Russia, for ascertaining the degree of latitude and longitude of the mouth of the river Kovima; of the whole coast of the Tshutski, to East Cape; and of the islands in the eastern ocean, stretching to the American coast: London, A. Strahan, 3332 p.Complete Eruption References
Catalog of the historically active volcanoes of Alaska, 1998
Miller, T. P., McGimsey, R. G., Richter, D. H., Riehle, J. R., Nye, C. J., Yount, M. E., and Dumoulin, J. A., 1998, Catalog of the historically active volcanoes of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-0582, 104 p.
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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
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.
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
Expedition to the northern parts of Russia, for ascertaining the degree of latitude and longitude of the mouth of the river Kovima; of the whole coast of the Tshutski, to East Cape; and of the islands in the eastern ocean, stretching to the American coast, 1802
Sauer, Martin, 1802, Expedition to the northern parts of Russia, for ascertaining the degree of latitude and longitude of the mouth of the river Kovima; of the whole coast of the Tshutski, to East Cape; and of the islands in the eastern ocean, stretching to the American coast: London, A. Strahan, 3332 p.