Earth:Mount Kanaga

Mount Kanaga
View, looking west to Kanaga Volcano in 1994 eruption.
Highest point
Elevation	4,288 ft (1,307 m)
Coordinates
Geography
Location	Kanaga Island, Alaska, U.S.
Parent range	Aleutian Range
Topo map	USGS Adak C-4
Geology
Mountain type	Stratovolcano
Volcanic arc/belt	Aleutian Arc
Last eruption	February 2012

Mount Kanaga is a stratovolcano at the northern tip of Kanaga Island in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. It is situated within a caldera, which forms the arcuate Kanaton Ridge south and east of Kanaga. A crater lake occupies part of the SE caldera floor. The summit of Kanaga has a crater with fumarolic activity.

It is located about 25 km (16 mi) west of the U.S. Navy installation and port on Adak Island. The volcano erupted intermittently through much of 1994, dusting the community of Adak at least once with fine ash.

Map showing volcanoes of Alaska. The mark is set at the location of Mount Kanaga.

Gallery

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  Aerial photograph of Kanaga Island produced in 1952 by the United States Navy

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  Kanaga Island with Mount Kanaga seen from space

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  Kanaga Volcano, Kanaga Island, Aleutians

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  Lava flow formed by 1906 eruption of Mount Kanaga

See also

• List of volcanoes in the United States of America

Sources

• "Kanaga". Smithsonian Institution. https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=311110. 
• Volcanoes of the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands-Selected Photographs
• Alaska Volcano Observatory