Light from Iliamna Volcano reflects from a partially frozen glacial lake on the volcano's eastern base.
Volcano: | Iliamna (see Iliamna at the Smithsonian Institution website in a new tab) |
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Type: | Volcanic Plume |
Description: | Mount Iliamna is a glacier-covered stratovolcano in the largely volcanic Aleutian Range in southwest Alaska. Fumaroles located at about 2740 m elevation on the eastern flank produce nearly constant plumes of condensate and minor amounts of sulfurous gases. |
Point of contact for this site:
Michael P. Doukas, xxx (USGS)
Doukas M.P. and K.A. McGee, 2007,A compilation of gas emission-rate data from volcanoes of Cook Inlet (Spurr, Crater Peak, Redoubt, Iliamna, and Augustine) and Alaska Peninsula (Douglas, Fourpeaked, Griggs, Mageik, Martin, Peulik, Ukinrek Maars, and Veniaminof), Alaska, from 1995-2006, U.S. Geological Survey_ Open-File Report 2007–1400