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Mount Kupreanof

Kupreanof

Type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
1895m
Last eruption
Unknown
Mount Kupreanof
Photo: Tom Miller · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
United States
Region
North America / Aleutian Ridge Volcanic Arc
Elevation
1895m
Coordinates
56.011, -159.797
Last eruption
Unknown
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic andesite
Geological summary

Kupreanof is the largest and NE-most of a group of five relatively closely spaced Quaternary volcanic centers opposite Stepovak Bay. A debris flow or block-and-ash flow with possible juvenile fragments descended a late-Pleistocene valley south of the volcano. This stratovolcano displays vigorous fumarolic activity, and although a "grayish-brown ash horizon" extending 15 km was reported by a pilot in 1987 after emissions from a SSW-flank solfatara field, the cause of this event is uncertain.

From Wikipedia

Mount Kupreanof is a stratovolcano on the Alaska Peninsula, United States. It is the largest and the northeasternmost in a group of five volcanoes opposite from Stepovak Bay. Mount Kupreanof displays extremely strong fumarole activity and its latest eruption in 1987 produced minor steam and ash emission. This is the only known historical eruption from Mount Kupreanof, although the event is considered questionable according to sources.

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Eruption history

1 recordedGlossary
Summary (VEI over time)
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1987~1987 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 119871987198819881988

Detailed timeline

  1. 1987VEI 1Observed
    1987-03-10 – 1987-03-10
    SSW flank (1575 m)

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