Veniaminof 1944/3
Start: March 15, 1944 [1]
Event Type: Explosive
Max VEI: 2 [2]
- "Fire", "Glowing", or incandescence [1]
- Subglacial [5]
- Steam [5]
Description: Coats (1950) reports a mild ash eruption at Mount Veniaminof on March 28, 1944.
A March 15, 1944 Associated Press article states "The volcano of Veniaminoff has erupted again, passengers aboard a boat arriving from Chignik village reported today. The resultant fireworks lighted the surrounding country, said those who had witnessed the phenomenon."
A March 15, 1944 Associated Press article states "The volcano of Veniaminoff has erupted again, passengers aboard a boat arriving from Chignik village reported today. The resultant fireworks lighted the surrounding country, said those who had witnessed the phenomenon."
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References Cited
[1] Aleutian volcano erupts again, 1944
Associated Press, 1944, Aleutian volcano erupts again: The Greeley Daily Tribune, Greeley, CO, March 15, 1944, 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 [4] Lava-ice interactions during historical eruptions of Veniaminof Volcano, Alaska and the potential for meltwater floods and lahars, 2023
Waythomas, C.F., Edwards, B.R., Miller, T.P., and McGimsey, R.G., 2023, Lava-ice interactions during historical eruptions of Veniaminof Volcano, Alaska and the potential for meltwater floods and lahars: Natural Hazards v. 115, p. 73-106. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-022-05523-4.
Full-text PDF 9 MB [5] Simultaneous effusive and explosive cinder cone eruptions at Veniaminof Volcano, Alaska, 2021
Waythomas, C.F., 2021, Simultaneous effusive and explosive cinder cone eruptions at Veniaminof Volcano, Alaska: Volcanica, v. 4, no. 2, p. 295-307, doi:10.30909/vol.04.02.295307.
full-text PDF 3980 kb Complete Eruption References
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
Eruption in an ice-filled caldera, Mount Veniaminof, Alaska Peninsula, 1985
Yount, M. E., Miller, T. P., Emanuel, R. P., and Wilson, F. H., 1985, Eruption in an ice-filled caldera, Mount Veniaminof, Alaska Peninsula: in Bartsch-Winkler, Susan and Reed, K. M., (eds.), The United States Geological Survey in Alaska: accomplishments during 1983, U.S. Geological Survey Circular C 0945, p. 58-60.
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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 
Aleutian volcano erupts again, 1944
Associated Press, 1944, Aleutian volcano erupts again: The Greeley Daily Tribune, Greeley, CO, March 15, 1944, p. 4.
Hard Copy held by AVO at FBKS - CEC file cabinet
Lava-ice interactions during historical eruptions of Veniaminof Volcano, Alaska and the potential for meltwater floods and lahars, 2023
Waythomas, C.F., Edwards, B.R., Miller, T.P., and McGimsey, R.G., 2023, Lava-ice interactions during historical eruptions of Veniaminof Volcano, Alaska and the potential for meltwater floods and lahars: Natural Hazards v. 115, p. 73-106. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-022-05523-4.
Full-text PDF 9 MB Simultaneous effusive and explosive cinder cone eruptions at Veniaminof Volcano, Alaska, 2021
Waythomas, C.F., 2021, Simultaneous effusive and explosive cinder cone eruptions at Veniaminof Volcano, Alaska: Volcanica, v. 4, no. 2, p. 295-307, doi:10.30909/vol.04.02.295307.
full-text PDF 3980 kb