Kagamil Volcano
Updated: Apr 28, 2024 08:34 GMT -
Stratovolcano 893 m / 2,930 ft
United States, Aleutian Islands, 52.97°N / -169.72°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
United States, Aleutian Islands, 52.97°N / -169.72°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
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Kagamil volcano eruptions: 1929
Latest nearby earthquakes
Time | Mag. / Depth | Distance / Location | |||
Apr 14, 08:18 am (Adak) | 1.5 9.2 km | 29 km (18 mi) to the S | 57 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska | Info | |
Apr 14, 03:34 am (Adak) | 0.5 20 km | 18 km (11 mi) to the SW | 42 mi west of Nikolski, Aleutians West, Alaska, United States | Info | |
Apr 14, 01:49 am (Adak) | 0.6 24 km | 22 km (13 mi) to the SW | 73 km W of Nikolski, Alaska | Info | |
Apr 14, 01:12 am (Adak) | 0.5 19 km | 14 km (8.8 mi) to the SW | 66 km W of Nikolski, Alaska | Info |
Background
Kagamil Island lies near the NE end of the Islands of the Four Mountains archipelago in the central Aleutians, between Chuginadak and Uliaga Islands. The southern half of 5 x 10 km Kagamil Island contains two undissected cones of postglacial age with small summit craters. The larger, 893-m-high cone is located at the SE end of the NNW-SSE-trending volcano. Arcuate ridges at the northern and southern ends of the island suggest a possible earlier caldera. Hot springs and fumaroles occur along a steaming beach at the SE coast. The early explorer Veniaminof (1840) indicated that Kagamil formerly "flamed and smoked," but the only eruptive report is of unspecified activity in 1929 (Coats 1950).---
Smithsonian / GVP volcano information