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Mount Kupreanof

Kupreanof

Stratovulcano · United States · 1895 m

Gas-and-steam plumes (center) rise from the upper SSW flanks of Kupreanof. This is the largest and NE-most of a group of five relatively close Quaternary volcanic centers opposite Stepovak Bay. The only reported activity from Kupreanof consisted of minor steam and ash emission in 1987.
Gas-and-steam plumes (center) rise from the upper SSW flanks of Kupreanof. This is the largest and NE-most of a group of five relatively close Quaternary volcanic centers opposite Stepovak Bay. The only reported activity from Kupreanof consisted of minor steam and ash emission in 1987. · Foto: Photo by Tom Miller, 1973 (Alaska Volcano Observatory, U.S. Geological Survey). · Wikimedia Commons
Tipo
Stratovulcano
Paese
United States
Regione
North America Volcanic Regions / Aleutian Ridge Volcanic Arc
Altitudine
1895 m
Coordinate
56.011, -159.797
Ultima eruzione
Sconosciuto
Contesto tettonico
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Forma vulcanica
Composite
Roccia principale
Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
Sintesi geologica

Kupreanof is the largest and NE-most of a group of five relatively closely spaced Quaternary volcanic centers opposite Stepovak Bay. A debris flow or block-and-ash flow with possible juvenile fragments descended a late-Pleistocene valley south of the volcano. This stratovolcano displays vigorous fumarolic activity, and although a "grayish-brown ash horizon" extending 15 km was reported by a pilot in 1987 after emissions from a SSW-flank solfatara field, the cause of this event is uncertain.

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Riassunto in inglese

Mount Kupreanof is a stratovolcano on the Alaska Peninsula, United States. It is the largest and the northeasternmost in a group of five volcanoes opposite from Stepovak Bay. Mount Kupreanof displays extremely strong fumarole activity and its latest eruption in 1987 produced minor steam and ash emission. This is the only known historical eruption from Mount Kupreanof, although the event is considered questionable according to sources.

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Storia delle eruzioni

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1987~1987 · 1 eruzioni · VEI max. 119871987198819881988

Cronologia dettagliata

  1. 1987VEI 1Osservata
    1987-03-10 – 1987-03-10
    SSW flank (1575 m)

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