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St. Paul Island

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  • Last Known Eruption
  • 57.167°N
  • 170.213°W

  • 203 m
    666 ft

  • 314010
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This compilation of synonyms and subsidiary features may not be comprehensive. Features are organized into four major categories: Cones, Craters, Domes, and Thermal Features. Synonyms of features appear indented below the primary name. In some cases additional feature type, elevation, or location details are provided.

Eruptive History

There is data available for 1 confirmed Holocene eruptive periods.

[ 1943 ] Uncertain Eruption

Episode 1 | Eruption Several km SW of St. Paul
1943 - Unknown Evidence from Unknown

1280 BCE ± 40 years Confirmed Eruption  

Episode 1 | Eruption West side (Fox Hill)
1280 BCE ± 40 years - Unknown Evidence from Isotopic: 14C (uncalibrated)

List of 5 Events for Episode 1 at West side (Fox Hill)

Start Date End Date Event Type Event Remarks
   - - - -    - - - - Explosion
   - - - -    - - - - Lava flow
   - - - -    - - - - Lava flow Entered water.
   - - - -    - - - - Cinder Cone
   - - - -    - - - - Scoria
Deformation History

There is no Deformation History data available for St. Paul Island.

Emission History

There is no Emissions History data available for St. Paul Island.

Photo Gallery

Lake-filled Crater Hill on the western side of St. Paul is one of many craters across the island. Caribou can be seen wading along the shores of the lake. The largest of the Pribilof Islands, St. Paul consists of a 110 km2 area of coalescing small edifices with a central scoria cone. The Fox Hill lava flow at the far western end of the island is estimated to be only a few thousand years old.

Photo by V.B. Scheffer (published in U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1028-F).
Crater Hill, on the western side of St. Paul Island, is one of many cones on the 110 km2 island. The complex crater is 200 m deep and has several smaller cones within it, as well as a 50-m-thick lava flow.

Photo by Art Sowls, 1988 (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service).
A Space Shuttle image of St. Paul Island shows Northeast Point to the upper right, Reef Point at the bottom-center, and Southwest Point to the left. Snow-covered Big Lake lies SW of Northeast Point, Bogoslof Hill near the center of the island, and Rush Hill is the cone along the NW coast. Rush Hill produced lava flows from NE-trending fissures. The 110 km2 island is the largest of the Pribilof Islands and contains more than a dozen scoria cones and associated lava flows.

NASA Space Shuttle image STS099-728-21, 2000 (http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/).
St. Paul island, one of the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea, is composed of overlapping scoria cones, spatter cones, and lava flows, shown in this October 2017 Planet Labs satellite image monthly mosaic (N is at the top; this image is approximately 23 km across). Cones include the westernmost Rush hill, Black Bluffs scoria cone on the southern peninsula, the Bogoslof Hill complex in the center, and North Hill along the northern coastline.

Satellite image courtesy of Planet Labs Inc., 2017 (https://www.planet.com/).
GVP Map Holdings

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Smithsonian Sample Collections Database

The following 5 samples associated with this volcano can be found in the Smithsonian's NMNH Department of Mineral Sciences collections, and may be availble for research (contact the Rock and Ore Collections Manager). Catalog number links will open a window with more information.

Catalog Number Sample Description Lava Source Collection Date
NMNH 116061 Olivine Basalt -- --
NMNH 116062 Basalt -- --
NMNH 62988-1 Lava -- --
NMNH 62988-2 Lava -- --
NMNH 88358 Volcanic Bomb -- --
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