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Kiska Volcano On January 24, 1962, an explosive eruption occurred, accompanied by lava extrusion and the construction of a cinder cone about 98 feet (30 m) high at Sirius Point on the north flank of Kiska Volcano, 1.9 miles (3.1 km) from the summit of the main cone ( Anchorage Daily News , January 30, 1962).
The Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) is a joint program of the United States Geological Survey (USGS), ... Kiska Volcano on Kiska Island in the Rat Islands group;
Map this section's coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Shishaldin Volcano 2869 m ... Kiska Volcano is the apex of Kiska Island in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska.
The Aleutian Trench, formed by the subduction of the Pacific plate under the North American plate, sits south of the island arc. [2] A forearc basin reaching depths of 7 km occupies the space between the trench and the island arc and leads up to the Aleutian Ridge, the north side of which being the area where the most volcanic activity occurs. [2]
Map of Rat Islands showing major islands (line between Semisopochnoi Island and Amchitka Pass is the 180th meridian) Map of the western Aleutian Islands, showing the Rat Islands on the right: Kiska Island (7), Little Kiska Island (8), Segula Island (9), Khvostof Island (10), Davidof Island (11), Little Sitkin Island (12), Hawadax Island (13), Amchitka Island (14), and Semisopochnoi Island (15)
Map this section's coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; ... Kiska Volcano is the apex of Kiska Island in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska.
Map this section's coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; ... Kiska Volcano is the apex of Kiska Island in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska.
Map this section's coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Shishaldin Volcano ... Kiska Island: 4,004 ft 1220 m: 4,004 ft