Kasatochi

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Kde

United States, North America Volcanic Regions

Typ (GVP)

Stratovolcano

Nadmořská výška

314 m

Tektonické prostředí

Subduction zone / Intermediate crust (15-25 km)

Poslední známá erupce

2008

Poloha

52,177°, -175,508°

Located at the northern end of a shallow submarine ridge trending perpendicular to the Aleutian arc, Kasatochi is small 2.7 x 3.3 km island volcano with a 750-m-wide summit crater lake. The summit reaches only about 300 m elevation, and the lake surface lies less than about 60 m above the sea. A lava dome is located on the NW flank at about 150 m elevation. The asymmetrical island is steeper on the northern side than the southern, and the crater lies north of the center of the island. Reports of activity from the heavily eroded Koniuji volcano to the east probably refer to eruptions from Kasatochi. A lava flow may have been emplaced during the first recorded eruption in 1760. A major explosive eruption in 2008 produced pyroclastic flows and surges that swept into the sea, extending the island's shoreline.

Text: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.

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