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Mount Spurr

Spurr

Type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
3374m
Last eruption
1992
Mount Spurr
Photo: USGS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
United States
Region
North America / Alaska Peninsula Volcanic Arc
Elevation
3374m
Coordinates
61.299, -152.251
Last eruption
1992
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic andesite

Geological summary

Mount Spurr is the closest volcano to Anchorage, Alaska (130 km W) and just NE of Chakachamna Lake.

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From Wikipedia

Mount Spurr (Dena'ina: K'idazq'eni) is a stratovolcano in the Aleutian Arc of Alaska, named after United States Geological Survey geologist and explorer Josiah Edward Spurr, who led an expedition to the area in 1898. The Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) rates Mount Spurr as Level of Concern Color Code Yellow. The mountain is known aboriginally by the Dena'ina Athabascan name K'idazq'eni, literally 'that which is burning inside'.

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Eruption history

7 recordedGlossary

Record summary

Confirmed eruptions
7
Uncertain eruptions
0
Span of confirmed record
6050 BCE – 1992
Largest confirmed eruption
VEI 4 (1992, the most recent of 2)
Confirmed eruptions since 1900
2
Summary (VEI over time)
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6050 BCE~5782 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?5246 BCE~4978 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?4174 BCE~3905 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?3369 BCE~3101 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?1456~1724 · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?1724~1992 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 46050 BCE4174 BCE2029 BCE153 BCE1724

Detailed timeline

  1. 1992VEI 4Observed
    1992-06-27 – 1992-09-17
    South flank (Crater Peak)
  2. 1953VEI 4Observed
    1953-07-09 – 1953-07-16
    South flank (Crater Peak)
  3. 1650 (±50 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    1650 – end unknown
    South flank (Crater Peak)
  4. 3250 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate
    3250 BCE – end unknown
    Mt. Spurr central lava/cone complex
  5. 4050 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate
    4050 BCE – end unknown
    South flank (Crater Peak)
  6. 5110 BCE (±100 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    5110 BCE – end unknown
    Mt. Spurr central dome/cone complex
  7. 6050 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate
    6050 BCE – end unknown
    Mt. Spurr central dome/cone complex

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