Table Top Volcano
Updated: May 22, 2024 13:00 GMT -
Pyroclastic cone 792 m / 2598 ft
Aleutian Islands, United States, 53.97°N / -166.68°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
Aleutian Islands, United States, 53.97°N / -166.68°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
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Table Top volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)
Latest nearby earthquakes
Time | Mag. / Depth | Distance / Location | |||
May 17, 04:20 pm (Anchorage) | 1.2 4.7 km | 19 km (12 mi) to the SW | 23 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska | Info | |
Tuesday, May 14, 2024 GMT (1 quake) | |||||
May 14, 05:57 pm (Universal Time) | 0.4 4.4 km | 23 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska | Info | ||
Monday, May 13, 2024 GMT (1 quake) | |||||
May 12, 10:33 pm (Anchorage) | 0.8 11 km | 5 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska | Info | ||
Friday, May 10, 2024 GMT (1 quake) | |||||
May 10, 10:54 am (Anchorage) | 1.8 6.8 km | 19 km (12 mi) to the SW | 24 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska | Info | |
Thursday, May 9, 2024 GMT (2 quakes) | |||||
May 9, 08:07 am (Anchorage) | 0.5 8.6 km | 4 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska | Info | ||
May 8, 08:30 pm (Anchorage) | 0.7 1.3 km | 24 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska | Info |
Background
Table Top and Wide Bay cinder cones, at the NE tip of the triangular NW extension of Unalaska Island across the bay from the town of Dutch Harbor, blanket or fill late-Pleistocene topography. Both 792-m-high Table Top and the 640-m-high Wide Bay cones were considered to be Holocene in age, with the Wide Bay cone being among the youngest in a SW-NE-trending volcanic belt that passes through Makushin volcano (Miller et al., 1998), however, a later 40Ar/39Ar age of 68+/-14 ka was obtained from Table Top (AVO, 2005-). Table Top Mountain cone has an associated lava apron and was considered to represent a magmatic system separate from that of Makushin volcano and Wide Bay cone (Nye, pers. comm. 2008).---
Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information
Table Top Volcano Photos
Unforgettable experience to climb to the top of Anak Krakatau, Rakata in the background. (Photo: Ivana Dorn)
In Milkovo town, about half way, we briefly stop at Elena's (our cook's) parents'home to stock up on fresh potatoes and vegetables. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)