Location of Korovin volcano (map created by Janet Schaefer, courtesy of Alaska Volcano Observatory / Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys)

Location of Korovin volcano (map created by Janet Schaefer, courtesy of Alaska Volcano Observatory / Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys)

Saturday, Feb 26, 2005
Korovin Volcano, Aleutian Islands erupts
AP press photo (provided by Louis and Kathleen Nevzoroff via USGS) of Korovin eruption on 23 Feb., 2005.

On February 24, 2005, the Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) received a report of ash and steam eruptions from Korovin Volcano on Atka Island...

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Korovin volcano

Volcano type stratovolcano
Location Aleutian Islands (Alaska), 1087 mi (1749 km) West of Anchorage 52.382° N / 174.165° W
Summit elevation 1533 m (5030 ft)
Last eruptions 1829(?), 1844(?), 1907(?), 1951(?), 1953(?), 1973, 1976(?), 1986(?), 1987, 1998, 2005(?), 2006
Typical eruption style Explosive

Background:

Geologically, Korovin belongs to the Atka volcanic complex on northern Atka Island. The Atka complex comprises a broad ancient central shield volcano, upon which a larger stratovolcano had been built destroyed by caldera formation about 300,000 to 500,000 years ago.
Korovin has two summit vents 0.6 km apart. The northwestern summit vent is a symmetric cone with a small crater. The southeastern summit vent is on the remnant of a cone with a steep-walled crater, about 1 km wide at the rim and at least several hundred meters deep with vertical crater walls. It contains a turquoise green lake with solfataric activity.