Wrangell 2000/3

Start: March 18, 2000 [1]

Event Type: Not an eruption

Event Characteristics:
  • Fumarolic or hydrothermal activity [1]

Description: From Neal and others (2004): "AVO received word from a Trans Alaska Pipeline worker of an unusually strong, white steam
plume from Wrangell between 0500 and 0600 AST on March 18, 2000. Later that day, a National Park Service employee in Kenny Lake reported robust steaming over the past month from multiple sources on the southwest flank of the volcano, between approximately 2,000-5,000 feet (600-1,500 m) below the summit. AVO found no anomalies in satellite imagery related in time to either report and concluded that no significant unrest had occurred."

References Cited

[1] 2000 Volcanic activity in Alaska and Kamchatka: Summary of events and response of the Alaska Volcano Observatory, 2004

Neal, C. A., McGimsey, R. G., and Chubarova, Olga, 2004: 2000 Volcanic activity in Alaska and Kamchatka: Summary of events and response of the Alaska Volcano Observatory: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1034, 37 p.

Complete Eruption References

2000 Volcanic activity in Alaska and Kamchatka: Summary of events and response of the Alaska Volcano Observatory, 2004

Neal, C. A., McGimsey, R. G., and Chubarova, Olga, 2004: 2000 Volcanic activity in Alaska and Kamchatka: Summary of events and response of the Alaska Volcano Observatory: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1034, 37 p.