Mount Amukta
Mount Amukta is a volcano in United States. It last erupted in March 1997.
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Last eruption
- March 1997
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
Questions about Mount Amukta
Where is Mount Amukta?
Mount Amukta is in United States.
When did Mount Amukta last erupt?
Mount Amukta last erupted in March 1997.