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Report on Cleveland (United States) — 6 September-12 September 2006


Cleveland

Smithsonian Institution / US Geological Survey
Weekly Volcanic Activity Report, 6 September-12 September 2006
Managing Editor: Sally Sennert.

Please cite this report as:

Global Volcanism Program, 2006. Report on Cleveland (United States) (Sennert, S, ed.). Weekly Volcanic Activity Report, 6 September-12 September 2006. Smithsonian Institution and US Geological Survey.

Weekly Report (6 September-12 September 2006)

Cleveland

United States

52.825°N, 169.944°W; summit elev. 1730 m

All times are local (unless otherwise noted)


On 7 September, AVO raised the level of Concern Color Code for Cleveland from unassigned to Yellow after a short-lived explosion on 24 August was verified by video footage. The resultant ash plume reached an altitude of about 3 km (~10,000 ft) a.s.l. and produced ash fall. An hour later, only minor steaming from the summit was noted. A weak thermal anomaly in the summit crater was present in subsequent satellite images.

Geological Summary. The beautifully symmetrical Mount Cleveland stratovolcano is situated at the western end of the uninhabited Chuginadak Island. It lies SE across Carlisle Pass strait from Carlisle volcano and NE across Chuginadak Pass strait from Herbert volcano. Joined to the rest of Chuginadak Island by a low isthmus, Cleveland is the highest of the Islands of the Four Mountains group and is one of the most active of the Aleutian Islands. The native name, Chuginadak, refers to the Aleut goddess of fire, who was thought to reside on the volcano. Numerous large lava flows descend the steep-sided flanks. It is possible that some 18th-to-19th century eruptions attributed to Carlisle should be ascribed to Cleveland (Miller et al., 1998). In 1944 it produced the only known fatality from an Aleutian eruption. Recent eruptions have been characterized by short-lived explosive ash emissions, at times accompanied by lava fountaining and lava flows down the flanks.

Source: US Geological Survey Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO)