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Little Sitkin Volcano

Little Sitkin

Type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
1174m
Last eruption
1830
Little Sitkin Volcano
Photo: NASA Earth Observatory image created by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, using Landsat data provided by the United States Geological Survey. Caption by Michael Carlowicz. · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
United States
Region
North America / Aleutian Ridge Volcanic Arc
Elevation
1174m
Coordinates
51.950, 178.543
Last eruption
1830
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Intermediate crust (15-25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic andesite

Geological summary

Diamond-shaped Little Sitkin Island is bounded by steep cliffs on the east, north, and NE sides. Little Sitkin volcano contains two nested calderas.

Excerpt from the Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution · Read the full summary on GVP →

Eruption history

2 recordedGlossary

Record summary

Confirmed eruptions
2
Uncertain eruptions
0
Span of confirmed record
1776 – 1830
Largest confirmed eruption
VEI 1 (1776)
Confirmed eruptions since 1900
0
Summary (VEI over time)
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1776~1781 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 11823~1828 · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?17761786180218121823

Detailed timeline

  1. 1828VEI ?Observed
    1828-07-02 – 1830-07-02
    Summit and west flank
  2. 1776VEI 1Observed
    1776 – end unknown

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