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Tuesday, May 08, 2012
Based on analyses of satellite images, AVO reported on 4 May that the small lava dome recently emplaced in Cleveland's summit crater had been destroye... [more]
Thursday, May 03, 2012
Elevated surface temperatures were detected over Cleveland in satellite imagery during 25-29 April and possibly on 30 April.
Observations showe... [more]

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Volcanoes of Alaska

Volcanoes of the Aleutian Islands map (source: AVO, USGS)
Volcanoes of the Aleutian Islands map (source: AVO, USGS)
Volcanoes of the Alaska Peninsula map (source: AVO, USGS)
Volcanoes of the Alaska Peninsula map (source: AVO, USGS)
Volcanoes of the Cook Inlet map (source: AVO, USGS)
Volcanoes of the Cook Inlet map (source: AVO, USGS)

Volcanoes of Alaska & Aleutians (13 volcanoes)

Cook Inlet (SW Alaska) (5 volcanoes): Augustine | Iliamna | Redoubt | Hayes | Spurr
Katmai | Veniaminof | Pavlov | Okmok | Cleveland | Korovin | Kasatochi | Kanaga
Katmai
(Stratovolcano with central caldera)
A large stratovolcano in Alaska, near the Novarupta vent, that erupted in 1912 with the largest volcanic eruption in the 20th century, 10 times the size of the 1980 eruption of Mt. St. Helens. [more]

Veniaminof
(stratovolcano)
Veniaminof is one of the highest, largest and most active volcanoes on the Alaska Peninsula. [more]

Pavlov
(stratovolcano)
Pavlov is the most active volcano of the Aleutian arc. [more]

Okmok
(Central shield complex with nested caldera)
Okmok is one of the most active volcanoes in the Aleutian island chain (Alaska). It consists of a complex of shields truncated by a caldera and several active vents inside the caldera, which have built small cones and lava flows. [more]

Cleveland
(stratovolcano)
The beautifully symmetrical Mount Cleveland stratovolcano forms the western half of the uninhabited Chuginadak Island in the eastern Aleutians, connected to the eastern half of the island by a narrow isthmus. It is one of the regions most active volcanoes, but at present has no s... [more]

Korovin
(stratovolcano)
Korovin is a 1533 m high stratovolcano in the central Aleutian Islands and one of the most active volcanoes in Alaska. On average, it has been active every 10-15 years, its last eruption being in Nov-Dec 2006 with ash emissions. [more]

Kasatochi
(stratovolcano)
Kasatochi is a remote island forming the peak of a mostly submerged stratovolcano rising to 314 m a.s.l. in the Aleutian island chain. It is one of the volcanoes in the world that formed new islands in historic times. [more]

Kanaga
(stratovolcano)
Kanaga Volcano Viewed from the west with Mt Moffet, Adak and Great Sitkin in the background (image taken May 8, 2010 by Cyrus Read, AVO/USGS)Kanaga volcano is an active symmetrical stratovolcano rising 1300 m on the northern part of Kanaga Island in the western Aleutians, Alaska. It is one of the most southerly volcanoes of the central Aleutian chain.
The volcano has a small 200 m wide and 60 m deep circular sum... [more]
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