Wrangell 1930/3
Start: March 26, 1930 [1]
Stop: April 6, 1930 [2]
Event Type: Explosive
Description: Activity at Mount Blackburn was reported in an Associated Press article published March 26, 1930, but this activity is probably attributable to Mount Wrangell rather than Mount Blackburn. From the article: "Mount Blackburn is erupting again. Chitina residents report that the eruption is spectacular, not to mention huge columns of black smoke."
From Motyka (1983): "Another short eruption is reported to have occurred on April 6, 1930. Again documented by photographs from Chitina, billowy white plumes were observed rising high above the West Crater [see figure 8 in original text for photograph of plume].
From Motyka (1983): "Another short eruption is reported to have occurred on April 6, 1930. Again documented by photographs from Chitina, billowy white plumes were observed rising high above the West Crater [see figure 8 in original text for photograph of plume].
References Cited
[1] Mount Blackburn seen in eruption, 1930
Associated Press, 1930, Mount Blackburn seen in eruption: Fairbanks Daily News Miner, March 26, 1930, p. 1.[2] Increases and fluctuations in thermal activity at Mount Wrangell, Alaska, 1983
Motyka, R. J., 1983, Increases and fluctuations in thermal activity at Mount Wrangell, Alaska: University of Alaska Fairbanks unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, Fairbanks, Alaska, 368 p.Complete Eruption References
Increases and fluctuations in thermal activity at Mount Wrangell, Alaska, 1983
Motyka, R. J., 1983, Increases and fluctuations in thermal activity at Mount Wrangell, Alaska: University of Alaska Fairbanks unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, Fairbanks, Alaska, 368 p.
Mount Blackburn seen in eruption, 1930
Associated Press, 1930, Mount Blackburn seen in eruption: Fairbanks Daily News Miner, March 26, 1930, p. 1.
Hard Copy held by AVO at FBKS - CEC file cabinet