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The purpose of this webmap is to document the location and most recent eruptive events of the historically active volcanoes throughout Alaska.
This interactive map displays the locations of the recently active volcanoes of Alaska.
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Lava continues to erupt slowly at Great Sitkin Volcano, adding to a thick lava flow that fills most of the summit crater. Small earthquakes associated with the ongoing lava eruption continue. Nothing unusual was observed in mostly cloudy satellite and web camera imagery.
Alaska contains about 140 volcanoes and volcanic fields active within the last 2.6 million years (the Quaternary). About 90 of these volcanoes have been active within the last 11,000 years (the Holocene), and more than 50 have been very recently active, within the last 300 years or so.
Alaska contains over 130 volcanoes and volcanic fields that have been active within the last two million years. Of these volcanoes, about 90 have been active within the last 10,000 years (and might be expected to erupt again), and more than 50 have been active within historical time (since about 1760).
Recently Active Volcanoes of Alaska. Esri, HERE, Garmin, FAO, NOAA, USGS, EPA. 200mi. -163.365 55.569 Degrees. +. –. The layer, Volcanoes AK, cannot be added to the map. OK.
