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Herbert Island

Herbert

Stratovolcano · United States · 1280m

Herbert is a cone containing a 2-km-wide summit caldera that opens to NW. This 23 June 1987 view from the WSW shows a small plume originating from Cleveland in background, with darkened slopes from ashfall produced during an eruption that began on 19 June.
Herbert is a cone containing a 2-km-wide summit caldera that opens to NW. This 23 June 1987 view from the WSW shows a small plume originating from Cleveland in background, with darkened slopes from ashfall produced during an eruption that began on 19 June. · Photo: Photo by Harold Wilson (Peninsula Airways), 1987 (courtesy of John Reeder, Alaska Div. Geology Geophysical Surveys). · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
United States
Region
North America / Aleutian Ridge Volcanic Arc
Elevation
1280m
Coordinates
52.742, -170.111
Last eruption
Unknown
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Intermediate crust (15-25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
Geological summary

The 10-km-wide Herbert Island, the SW-most of the Islands of the Four Mountains group, lies across a strait SW of Mount Cleveland. This symmetrical stratovolcano has a summit truncated by a 2-km-wide caldera breached to NW. No historical eruptions have been recorded, and no geological studies have been published.

From Wikipedia

Herbert Island is an island in the Islands of Four Mountains subgroup of the Aleutian archipelago. It is 3.1 miles (5.0 km) from Chuginadak Island, separated by the Chuginadak Pass. Yunaska Island is 16 miles (26 km) west southwest of Herbert Island. Measuring 6.2 miles (10.0 km) across, Herbert Island is somewhat circular in shape and is covered by the 4,200-foot (1,300 m) Herbert Volcano, whose 2-kilometre (1.2 mi) wide caldera is one of the largest in the Aleutian Islands. The Herbert Volcano is most likely a stratovolcano. There have been no recorded eruptions here.

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Eruption history

Detailed timeline

No eruption records available.

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