Vsevidof 1878
Start: 1878 [1]
Event Type: Explosive
Max VEI: 2 [2]
- Lava flow [1]
- Radial fissure [1]
Description: From Miller and others (1998): "Recorded activity in 1878 may have been form a radial fissure eruption on the west flank; this event may have produced the youngest dacite flow, which extends west-southwest to Cape Kigushimkada (Byers, 1959)." Sapper (1917) wrote that Vsevidof had a brief flame and ash eruption and a new crater developed from which came steam and hot cooking mud. This new crater appeared between Vsevidof and the settlement. Sapper also notes that there were many hot springs. Hantke (1962) notes that about 1878 large lava streamed out of ruptures in the west flank. The eruption lasted less than two years: Dall (1918) writes that he saw Vsevidof in 1880, the "image of perfect peace", and does not mention the 1878 event.
References Cited
[1] Geology of Umnak and Bogoslof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, 1959
Byers, F. M. Jr., 1959, Geology of Umnak and Bogoslof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska: in Investigations of Alaskan volcanoes, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1028-L, p. 267-369, 5 sheets, scale 1 at 1:63,360, 1 at 1:96,000, and 1 at 1:300,000.
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plate 39 PDF 2.2 MB
plate 40 PDF 3.9 MB
plate 41 PDF 5.6 MB
plate 48 PDF 85 KB
table 3 PDF 149 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.Complete Eruption References
Geology of Umnak and Bogoslof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, 1959
Byers, F. M. Jr., 1959, Geology of Umnak and Bogoslof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska: in Investigations of Alaskan volcanoes, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1028-L, p. 267-369, 5 sheets, scale 1 at 1:63,360, 1 at 1:96,000, and 1 at 1:300,000.
full-text PDF 3.5 MB
plate 39 PDF 2.2 MB
plate 40 PDF 3.9 MB
plate 41 PDF 5.6 MB
plate 48 PDF 85 KB
table 3 PDF 149 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.
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Reminiscences of Alaskan volcanoes, 1918
Dall, W. H., 1918, Reminiscences of Alaskan volcanoes: Scientific Monthly, v. 7, n. 1, p. 80-90.
Katalog der geschichtlichen vulkanausbruche, 1917
Sapper, Karl, 1917, Katalog der geschichtlichen vulkanausbruche: Strassburg, Germany, Karl J. Trubner, 358 p.
Uebersicht ueber die vulkanische Taetigkeit 1957-1959, 1962
Hantke, Gustav, 1962, Uebersicht ueber die vulkanische Taetigkeit 1957-1959: Bulletin Volcanologique, v. 24, p. 321-348.
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