Veniaminof 1956/3
Start: March 1956 [1]
Stop: May 23, 1956 [1]
Event Type: Explosive
Max VEI: 3 [2]
Description: From Miller and others (1998): "Activity beginning in March 1956 culminated with ash explosions on May 19 and 23, 1956 which sent ash-rich eruption columns to approximately 6,100 m according to airline pilot reports." An Anchorage Daily News article from May 21, 1956, reads as follows:"Mount Veniaminof, an 8,200-foot volcano which as been active for the last two months, started 'spewing quite a bit of stuff' over the weekend, a Reeve Aleutian Airways pilot reported today.
"Bill Borland, chief pilot of the airline, said today he flew over the mountain, which is about 60 miles southwest of Port Heiden, and the eruptions were the severest he had seen since the volcano became active about two months ago."
"Bill Borland, chief pilot of the airline, said today he flew over the mountain, which is about 60 miles southwest of Port Heiden, and the eruptions were the severest he had seen since the volcano became active about two months ago."
References Cited
[1] 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.
intro and TOC PDF 268 KB
references PDF 43 KB [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] 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.
full text pdf 17.6 MB 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.
intro and TOC PDF 268 KB
references PDF 43 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
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.
full text pdf 17.6 MB 
Veniaminof erupting, 1956
Unknown, 1956, Veniaminof erupting: Anchorage Daily News, May 21, 1956, p. 1.
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