Morzhovoi


Facts


  • Seismically Monitored: No
  • Color Code: UNASSIGNED
  • Alert Level: UNASSIGNED
  • Elevation: 893m (2929ft)
  • Latitude: 54.9991
  • Longitude: -162.822
  • Smithsonian VNum:
  • Nearby Towns:
    • Cold Bay 14 mi (22 km) NE
    • King Cove 21 mi (33 km) NE
    • False Pass 25 mi (41 km) SW
    • Belkofski 32 mi (51 km) NE
    • Pauloff Harbor 38 mi (61 km) SE

    Distance from Anchorage: 636 mi (1024 km)

  • Subfeatures:
    • North Walrus Peak
    • South Walrus Peak

Description

From Wood and Kienle (1990) [1] : The "Morzhovoi Volcanics constitute a late Pliocene to early Pleistocene basaltic and andesitic stratovolcano. Volcanism culminated in the formation of a large collapsed crater. Though presently ice-free, extensive Pleistocene glaciation has eroded most original stratovolcano features, including the actual crater rim, leaving long U-shaped valleys." From Myers (1994) [2] : "The oldest volcano [of the Cold Bay Volcanic Complex] Morzhovoi Volcano, is of late Tertiary to Quaternary age, lies on the southern edge of the Alaska Peninsula, and consists of basalts, andesites, and associated pyroclastic rocks (the Morzhovoi Volcanic Series). Because it has undergone extensive erosion, only remnants of the volcano remain. Isolated peaks, e.g. North and South Walrus Peaks, that are fragments of the original caldera rim range in height from 797 to 893 m."

Name Origin

"Morzhovoi volcanics" is an informal name, named after the nearby Morzhovoi Bay. Captain Tebenkov named the bay "Za[liv] Morzhovoi" in 1852, meaning "Walrus Bay" (Orth, 1971).


References Cited

[1] Volcanoes of North America: United States and Canada, 1990

Wood, C. A., and Kienle, Juergen, (eds.), 1990, Volcanoes of North America: United States and Canada: New York, Cambridge University Press, 354 p.

[2] The tale of three Aleutian volcanic centers: The influence of time and space on magmatic processes in subduction zones, 1994

Myers, J. D., 1994, The tale of three Aleutian volcanic centers: The influence of time and space on magmatic processes in subduction zones: SUBCON, Interdisciplinary Conference on the Subduction Process, Catalina Island, California, 1994, p. 283-285.

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