Mount Veniaminof
| Mount Veniaminof | ||
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 Mount Veniaminof 1983/84 |
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| height | 2507 m | |
| location | Alaska Peninsula ( USA ) | |
| Mountains | Aleutian chain | |
| Coordinates | 56 ° 11 '48 " N , 159 ° 23' 23" W | |
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| Type | Stratovolcano | |
| Last eruption | 2008 | |
The Mount Veniaminof is a 2,507 m high stratovolcano of the Aleutian Range on the Alaska Peninsula . The volcano was named after Ivan Veniaminov (1797–1879), a Russian Orthodox priest who proselytized the Aleut population.
Around 1750 BC A volcanic eruption of magnitude 6 on the volcanic explosion index occurred at Mount Veniaminof, which resulted in the formation of a large caldera (8 km × 11 km). There have been several small outbreaks in recent history, more than ten since 1930.
Veniaminof is one of the highest volcanoes in Alaska and is therefore covered by a glacier that fills a large part of the caldera. In the future, an eruption of the volcano could lead to the formation of a glacier run.
In 1967 Mount Veniaminof was designated a National Natural Landmark .
literature
- Charles A. Wood and Jürgen Kienle: Volcanoes of North America: United States and Canada. Cambridge University Press, New York 1992, ISBN 0-521-43811-X , p. 57.
Web links
- Mount Veniaminof in the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution (English)
- Information about Mount Veniaminof (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ National Natural Landmark: Mount Veniaminof on nps.gov .