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Buzzard Creek

Type
Tuff ring
Elevation
830m
Last eruption
-1050
A small lake partially fills a 300-m-wide tuff ring, the larger of two craters of Buzzard Creek. Both craters formed during phreatomagmatic eruptions about 3,000 years ago, and are 320 km NE of their nearest neighbor in the Aleutian arc, Hayes volcano.
A small lake partially fills a 300-m-wide tuff ring, the larger of two craters of Buzzard Creek. Both craters formed during phreatomagmatic eruptions about 3,000 years ago, and are 320 km NE of their nearest neighbor in the Aleutian arc, Hayes volcano. · Photo: Photo by Chris Nye (Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, Alaska Volcano Observatory).
Type
Tuff ring
Country
United States
Region
North America / Alaska Peninsula Volcanic Arc
Elevation
830m
Coordinates
64.062, -148.433
Last eruption
-1050
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Minor (basaltic)
Major rock type
Basalt / Picro-basalt

Geological summary

Two Holocene tuff rings form craters 300 and 66 m wide near the headwaters of Buzzard Creek at the northern foot of the central Alaska Range NE of the town of Healy along the Parks Highway.

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

From Wikipedia

The Buzzard Creek craters are two tuff rings near Healy, Alaska, United States. Its highest point is 2,723 ft.

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Eruption history

1 recordedGlossary

Record summary

Confirmed eruptions
1
Uncertain eruptions
0
Span of confirmed record
1050 BCE – 1050 BCE
Largest confirmed eruption
VEI 2 (1050 BCE)
Confirmed eruptions since 1900
0
Summary (VEI over time)
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1050 BCE~1050 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21050 BCE1050 BCE1049 BCE1049 BCE1049 BCE

Detailed timeline

  1. 1050 BCEVEI 2Geological estimate
    1050 BCE – end unknown

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