Mount Amukta

Mount Amukta

The undissected stratovolcano of Amukta volcano makes up most of nearly circular, 7.7-km-wide Amukta Island (Amuux̂tax̂ in Aleut). It is the westernmost of the Islands of Four Mountains chain. The nearest islands to it are Yunaska and Seguam Island; it is separated from Seguam Island by Amukta Pass. The cone, about 5.8 km in basal diameter and topped by a 0.4 km wide summit crater, appears on synthetic-aperture radar imagery to be built upon a 300+ meter high, east-west trending arcuate ridge.

Details

Topo
USGS Amukta C-4
Type
Stratovolcano
Range
Aleutian Range
Location
Amukta Island, Alaska, U.S.
Formed By
Subduction zone volcanism
Elevation Ft
3,497
Volcanic Arc
Aleutian Arc
Last Eruption
March 1997