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List of volcanic craters in Alaska

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List of volcanic craters in Alaska

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Okmok Caldera

The United States National Geodetic Survey lists thirteen craters in the state of Alaska.

[[Aleutians East Borough, Alaska|Aleutians East Borough]]

Mount Aniakchak caldera
  • Fisher Caldera is located on Unimak Island and named for American geologist Bernard Fisher, who died on June 22, 1946, while exploring the Umnak Pass. It is 8 mi by 6 mi in area.

[[Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska|Aleutians West Census Area]]

  • Okmok Caldera

[[Bethel Census Area, Alaska|Bethel Census Area]]

  • Binalik Crater is located on Nunivak Island. It was named by the Yupik people, and reported in 1937. It is 0.3 mi across.
  • Ikathiwik Crater
  • Nanwaksjiak Crater

[[Kodiak Island]]

Novarupta, July 1987
  • Kaguyak Crater

[[Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska|Lake and Peninsula Borough]]

  • Aniakchak Crater
  • Novarupta
  • Ukinrek maars

[[Nome Census Area, Alaska|Nome Census Area]]

  • Twin Calderas

[[Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska|Valdez-Cordova Census Area]]

  • East Crater
  • Mount Wrangell
  • North Crater

References

References

  1. [https://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1418592 USGS GNIS Feature Detail Report: Fisher Caldera]
  2. [http://www.avo.alaska.edu/pdfs/B1028L.pdf Byers, Jr., F. M. ''Geology of Umnak and Bogoslof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska: INVESTIGATIONS OF ALASKAN VOLCANOES'', p. 269. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1959.]
  3. Bright, William. ''Native Placenames of the United States'', p. 65. 2007.
  4. [https://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1399043 USGS GNIS Feature Detail Report: Binalik Crater]
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