Steller
Facts
- Official Name: Mount Steller
- Seismically Monitored: No
- Color Code: UNASSIGNED
- Alert Level: UNASSIGNED
- Elevation: 2272m (7454ft)
- Latitude: 58.4301
- Longitude: -154.3903
- Smithsonian VNum: 312220
- Pronunciation:
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Nearby Towns:
- Karluk 59.5 mi (95.7 km) S
- Aleneva 61.1 mi (98.3 km) ESE
- Larsen Bay 63.4 mi (102.1 km) SSE
- Port William 65.4 mi (105.3 km) E
- Afognak 65.9 mi (106 km) ESE
Distance from Anchorage: 247.7 mi (398.7 km)
Description
From Smithsonian Institution, online database, accessed December 8, 2003: "Mount Steller is part of a chain of closely spaced NE-SW-trending vents in Katmai National Park and lies between Mount Denision and Kukak volcanoes. Uncertainty surrounds the number and location of volcanic vents in this heavily glaciated area. The precise age of the most recent activity at Steller volcano is not known, but the volcano was considered to have been active during the Holocene [1] ."Name Origin
Mount Steller was named in 1928 by the U.S. Geological Survey, for George Wilhelm Steller, a naturalist with Vitus Bering's 1741 voyage (Orth, 1971).
References Cited
[1] Volcanoes of Alaska, 1998
Nye, C. J., Queen, Katherine, and McCarthy, A. M., 1998, Volcanoes of Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Information Circular IC 0038, unpaged, 1 sheet, scale 1:4,000,000, available at http://www.dggs.dnr.state.ak.us/pubs/pubs?reqtype=citation&ID=7043 .
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Before an eruption
Ashfall & Preparedness Information
- Ashfall impacts & preparedness (US Geological Survey)
- Volcanic health hazards & impacts (International Volcanic Health Hazards Network)
- Ash Alert! Pamphlet (AK Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Management)
- Volcanic Ashfall (AK Department of Environmental Conservation, Division of Air Quality)
During and After an Eruption
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