Earth:Ukinrek Maars
| Ukinrek Maars | |
|---|---|
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 299 ft (91 m) |
| Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] 57°49′54″N 156°30′35″W / 57.83167°N 156.50972°W[1] |
| Geography | |
| Location | Becharof National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, on Alaska Peninsula |
| Parent range | Aleutian Range |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Maars |
| Last eruption | March–April 1977 |
The Ukinrek Maars are two volcanic craters on the north side of the Aleutian Range in Alaska that were formed by a phreatomagmatic eruption in 1977. The maars are 1.5 km south of Becharof Lake and 12 km northwest of Peulik Volcano, on a low area of the range, bordering the Bering Sea. The western of the two is elliptical in shape and up to 170 m in diameter and 35 m deep. The other lies 600 m to the east and is circular and up to 300 m in diameter and 70 m deep. The east maar has a 49 m-high lava dome within its crater lake.[2]
The eruption occurred in March–April 1977 and lasted for ten days. There was no previous eruption. The magmatic material was olivine basalt from a mantle source. Pyroclastic surge from the eruptions traveled to the northwest.[1] The volume of lava erupted was 9×105 m3 and the volume of tephra expelled was 2.6×107 m3.[3]
The Quaternary age Gas Rocks dacite domes some three km to the northeast were the site of a phreatic eruption some 2300 years ago.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Ukinrek Maars". Smithsonian Institution. https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=312131.
- ↑ Miller, T.P., et al., 1998, Catalog of the historically active volcanoes of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-0582, 104 p
- ↑ "Ukinrek Maars: Eruptive History". Smithsonian Institution. https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=312131.
External links
- Volcanoes of the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands-Selected Photographs
- Alaska Volcano Observatory
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