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Mount Veniaminof

Veniaminof

Type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
2507m
Last eruption
2021
Mount Veniaminof
Photo: M.E. Yount, U.S. Geological Survey · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
United States
Region
North America / Aleutian Ridge Volcanic Arc
Elevation
2507m
Coordinates
56.170, -159.380
Last eruption
2021
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic andesite

Geological summary

Veniaminof, on the Alaska Peninsula, is truncated by a steep-walled, 8 x 11 km, glacier-filled caldera that formed around 3,700 years ago.

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From Wikipedia

Mount Veniaminof is an active stratovolcano on the Alaska Peninsula. The mountain was named after Ioann Veniaminov.

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Eruption history

26 recordedGlossary

Record summary

Confirmed eruptions
24
Uncertain eruptions
2
Span of confirmed record
1750 BCE – 2021
Largest confirmed eruption
VEI 6 (1750 BCE)
Confirmed eruptions since 1900
20
Summary (VEI over time)
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1750 BCE~1552 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 61823~2021 · 25 eruptions · max VEI 31750 BCE758 BCE3610291823

Detailed timeline

  1. 2021VEI 1Observed
    2021-02-28 – 2021-04-05
  2. 2018VEI 1Observed
    2018-09-04 – 2018-12-23
    Intracaldera summit cone and its S flank
  3. 2013VEI 3Observed
    2013-06-13 – 2013-10-12
    Western intracaldera cone and SE flank
  4. 2008VEI 1Observed
    2008-02-22 – 2008-03-01
    Western intracaldera cone
  5. 2006VEI 1Observed
    2006-03-03 – 2006-09-07
    Western intracaldera cone
  6. 2005VEI 2Observed
    2005-01-04 – 2005-02-14
    Western intracaldera cone
  7. 2005VEI 1Observed
    2005-09-07 – 2005-11-04
    Western intracaldera cone
  8. 2004VEI 2Observed
    2004-02-16 – 2004-09-05
    Western intracaldera cone
  9. 2002VEI 1Observed
    2002-09-24 – 2003-03-23
    Western intracaldera cone
  10. 1995VEI 1Observed
    1995-04-17 – 1995-04-17
    Western intracaldera cone
  11. 1995VEI 1Observed
    1995-11-15 – 1995-11-30
    Western intracaldera cone
  12. 1993VEI 2Observed
    1993-07-30 – 1994-09-28
    Western cone and Half Cone
  13. 1987VEI 1Observed
    1987-03-19 – 1987-03-19
    Western intracaldera cone
  14. 1984VEI 2Observed
    1984-11-29 – 1984-12-06
    Western intracaldera cone
  15. 1983VEI 3Observed
    1983-06-02 – 1984-04-17
    Western intracaldera cone
  16. 1956VEI 3Observed
    1956-03-16 – 1956-05-23
    Western intracaldera cone
  17. 1944VEI 2Observed
    1944-03-28 – end unknown
    Western intracaldera cone
  18. 1939VEI 3Observed
    1939-05-23 – 1939-06-26
    Western intracaldera cone
  19. 1939VEI 2Observed
    1939-11-16 – end unknown
    Western intracaldera cone
  20. 1930VEI 2Observed
    1930-06-16 – end unknown
    Western intracaldera cone
  21. 1892VEI 3Observed
    1892-08-28 – 1892-08-30
    Western intracaldera cone
  22. 1874VEI 2Observed
    1874-07-15 – end unknown
    Western intracaldera cone
  23. 1852VEI 2Method not stated
    1852-07-02 – end unknown
    Western intracaldera cone
  24. 1838VEI 3Observed
    1838-08-04 – 1839-04-16
    Western intracaldera cone
  25. 1830VEI 2Method not stated
    1830-07-02 – 1838-07-02
  26. 1750 BCEVEI 6Geological estimate
    1750 BCE – end unknown

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