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Global Volcanism Program | Image GVP-02677

In the foreground is a hummock of a debris avalanche deposit produced by collapse of the Augustine summit about 450 years ago. The avalanche swept into Kamishak Bay and traveled a distance of 11 km from the summit, forming the 2 x 3 km wide West Island. The fine-grained component of this avalanche hummock has been removed by the powerful Cook Inlet tides. The eruption was accompanied by a small lateral blast. Photo by Lee Siebert, 1987 (Smithsonian Institution).

In the foreground is a hummock of a debris avalanche deposit produced by collapse of the Augustine summit about 450 years ago. The avalanche swept into Kamishak Bay and traveled a distance of 11 km from the summit, forming the 2 x 3 km wide West Island. The fine-grained component of this avalanche hummock has been removed by the powerful Cook Inlet tides. The eruption was accompanied by a small lateral blast.

Photo by Lee Siebert, 1987 (Smithsonian Institution).

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