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Encyclopedia > Bogoslof Island
Download high resolution version (1024x654, 137 KB) Aerial view, looking south, of Bogoslof Island, which is the summit of a largely submarine stratovolcano located in the Bering Sea 50 km (31 mi) behind the main Aleutian volcanic arc. ...
Download high resolution version (1024x654, 137 KB) Aerial view, looking south, of Bogoslof Island, which is the summit of a largely submarine stratovolcano located in the Bering Sea 50 km (31 mi) behind the main Aleutian volcanic arc. ... Enlarge
Aerial view, looking south, of Bogoslof Island.

Bogoslof Island is the summit of a largely submarine View of Mount Rainier, a stratovolcano. ...stratovolcano located in the Bering Sea 50 km (31 mi) behind the main Looking down the Aleutians from an airplane. ...Aleutian volcanic arc. The peak elevation of the island is 150 m (492 feet). It is located at 53.93° N 168.03° W (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=53.93_N_168.03_W_). It last This article is about volcanoes in geology. ...erupted in 1992.

Map of Alaska volcanoes, Bogoslof Island, Alaska Volcanoes of the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands. ...
Map of Alaska volcanoes, Bogoslof Island, Alaska Volcanoes of the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands. ... Enlarge
Map showing volcanoes of Alaska. The mark is set at the location of Bogoslof Island.

Sources

  • Siebert L, Simkin T (2002-). Volcanoes of the World: an Illustrated Catalog of Holocene Volcanoes and their Eruptions. Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program Digital Information Series, GVP-3, (http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/)
  • Volcanoes of the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands-Selected Photographs (http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/dds/dds-40/)



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Scientists became aware of volcanic activity on Bogoslof Island July 6 1992, when in a matter of minutes a large amount of rock was pushed up from the island creating a dome 100 meters high.
Bogoslof is a small island 2.0 km long and 0.75 km wide located 50 miles northwest of Dutch Harbor.
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