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Kagamil Island

Kagamil

Type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
893m
Last eruption
1929
Kagamil Island
Photo: G. Vernon Byrd (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, courtesy of Alaska Volcano Observatory) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
United States
Region
North America / Aleutian Ridge Volcanic Arc
Elevation
893m
Coordinates
52.974, -169.720
Last eruption
1929
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Intermediate crust (15-25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
No data
Geological summary

Kagamil Island lies near the NE end of the Islands of the Four Mountains archipelago in the central Aleutians, between Chuginadak and Uliaga Islands. The southern half of the 5 x 10 km island contains two undissected cones of postglacial age with small summit craters. The larger cone is located at the SE end of the NNW-SSE-trending volcano. Arcuate ridges at the northern and southern ends of the island suggest a possible earlier caldera. Hot springs and fumaroles occur along a steaming beach at the SE coast. The early explorer Veniaminof (1840) indicated that Kagamil formerly "flamed and smoked," but the only eruptive report is of unspecified activity in 1929 (Coats 1950).

From Wikipedia

Kagamil Island, in the Islands of Four Mountains subgroup of the Aleutian archipelago, is 3.7 miles (6.0 km) north of Chuginadak Island and 1.2 miles (1.9 km) south of Uliaga Island. It is 6.2 miles (10.0 km) in length and up to 3.1 miles (5.0 km) in width. The southern half of the island is dominated by the Kagamil Volcano, which has two summits: one is 2,930 feet (890 m) above sea level, while the other is lower at 2,260 feet (690 m).

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Eruption history

1 recordedGlossary
Summary (VEI over time)
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1929~1929 · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?19291929193019301930

Detailed timeline

  1. 1929VEI ?Observed
    1929-12-16 – end unknown

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