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Mount Kanaga
MountKanaga.jpg
View, looking west to Kanaga Volcano in 1994 eruption.
Highest point
Elevation 4,288 ft (1,307 m)
Geography
Location Kanaga Island, Alaska, U.S.
Parent range Aleutian Range
Topo map USGS Adak C-4
Geology
Mountain type Stratovolcano
Volcanic arc/belt Aleutian Arc
Last eruption February 2012

Mount Kanaga is a stratovolcano at the northern tip of Kanaga Island in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. It is situated within a caldera, which forms the arcuate Kanaton Ridge south and east of Kanaga. A crater lake occupies part of the SE caldera floor. The summit of Kanaga has a crater with fumarolic activity.

It is located about 25 km (16 mi) west of the U.S. Navy installation and port on Adak Island. The volcano erupted intermittently through much of 1994, dusting the community of Adak at least once with fine ash.

Map of alaska volcanoes kanaga
Map showing volcanoes of Alaska. The mark is set at the location of Mount Kanaga.

Gallery

  • Kanagaisland

    Aerial photograph of Kanaga Island produced in 1952 by the United States Navy

  • Kanaga iss

    Kanaga Island with Mount Kanaga seen from space

  • Kanaga Volcano, Kanaga Island, Aleutians

    Kanaga Volcano, Kanaga Island, Aleutians

  • Kanaga Volcano (22432739869)

    Lava flow formed by 1906 eruption of Mount Kanaga

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Monte Kanaga para niños

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