alaska mount spurr eruption

Mount Spurr is a stratovolcano in the Aleutian Arc of Alaska, named after United States Geological Survey geologist and explorer Josiah Edward Spurr, who led an expedition to the area in 1898. The Alaska Volcano Observatory currently rates Mount Spurr as Level of Concern Color Code Yellow. The mountain is known aboriginally by the Dena'ina Athabas…
Mount Spurr is a stratovolcano in the Aleutian Arc of Alaska, named after United States Geological Survey geologist and explorer Josiah Edward Spurr, who led an expedition to the area in 1898. The Alaska Volcano Observatory currently rates Mount Spurr as Level of Concern Color Code Yellow. The mountain is known aboriginally by the Dena'ina Athabascan name K'idazq'eni, literally 'that which is burning inside'.
  • Elevation: 11,070 ft (3,370 m)
  • Location: Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States
  • Prominence: 585 m (1,919 ft)
  • Parent peak: Mount Torbert
  • Listing: Mountains of Alaska
  • Parent range: Tordrillo Mountains, Alaska Range
  • Topo map: USGS Tyonek B-7

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