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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
Nord America / 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.

Storia delle eruzioni

Riepilogo (VEI nel tempo)
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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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