Mount Novarupta

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Mount Novarupta is a volcano in Alaska’s Katmai region, best known for its massive 1912 eruption, one of the largest of the 20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ignimbrite-filled valley ⓘ
lava dome ⓘ
volcanic eruption ⓘ
volcano ⓘ
century 20th century ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createdBy 1912 Novarupta eruption ⓘ
linked to: Mount Novarupta
createdFeature Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes ⓘ
discoveredAsEruptionSource 1950s ⓘ
ejectedTephraVolume about 13 to 15 cubic kilometers ⓘ
elevation about 841 meters ⓘ
endDate 1912-06-08 ⓘ
eruptionColumnHeight over 30 kilometers ⓘ
eruptionType Plinian eruption ⓘ
peléan eruption ⓘ
formed 1912 ⓘ
globalSignificance major 20th-century explosive eruption ⓘ
hazardType ashfall ⓘ
lahars ⓘ
pyroclastic flows ⓘ
lastEruptionEndDate 1912-06-08 ⓘ
lastEruptionStartDate 1912-06-06 ⓘ
latitude approximately 58.27° N ⓘ
locatedIn Alaska ⓘ
Katmai region ⓘ
locatedInMountainRange Aleutian Range ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea Katmai National Park and Preserve ⓘ
locatedInTectonicSetting subduction zone ⓘ
locatedInVolcanicArc Aleutian Arc ⓘ
locatedOn Alaska Peninsula ⓘ
longitude approximately 155.16° W ⓘ
magmaComposition andesite ⓘ
dacite ⓘ
rhyolite ⓘ
magmaVolume about 3 to 5 cubic miles ⓘ
monitoredBy Alaska Volcano Observatory ⓘ
nearbyVolcano Mount Katmai ⓘ
Mount Mageik ⓘ
Trident Volcano ⓘ
notableEruption 1912 Novarupta eruption ⓘ
oneOfLargestEruptionsOfCentury true ⓘ
partOf Katmai volcanic cluster ⓘ
linked to: Mount Katmai
previouslyMisattributedTo Mount Katmai ⓘ
prominence about 841 meters ⓘ
region Southwestern Alaska ⓘ
linked to: southwestern Alaska
startDate 1912-06-06 ⓘ
surfaceFeature lava dome plug ⓘ
tephraVolume about 13 to 15 cubic kilometers ⓘ
VEI 6 ⓘ
volcanoType dacitic lava dome ⓘ

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Aleutian Islands → hasVolcano → Mount Novarupta ⓘ
Katmai National Park and Preserve → contains → Novarupta volcano ⓘ
linked to: Mount Novarupta
Katmai National Park and Preserve → majorEruption → Novarupta eruption of 1912 ⓘ
linked to: Mount Novarupta
Aleutian Range → contains → Novarupta ⓘ
linked to: Mount Novarupta
Mount Katmai → hasNotableEruption → Novarupta–Katmai 1912 eruption ⓘ
linked to: Mount Novarupta
Mount Katmai → eruptiveCenterAssociatedWith → Novarupta vent ⓘ
linked to: Mount Novarupta
Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes → createdBy → 1912 Novarupta eruption ⓘ
subject linked to: Mount Novarupta
linked to: Mount Novarupta
Mount Mageik → near → Novarupta ⓘ
linked to: Mount Novarupta
Mount Trident → nearbyVolcano → Novarupta ⓘ
linked to: Mount Novarupta
Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes → formedBy → Novarupta eruption ⓘ
linked to: Mount Novarupta
Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes → associatedVolcano → Novarupta ⓘ
linked to: Mount Novarupta
Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes → createdByEvent → 1912 Novarupta–Katmai eruption ⓘ
linked to: Mount Novarupta
Perryville, Alaska → foundedAfter → 1912 Novarupta–Katmai volcanic eruption ⓘ
linked to: Mount Novarupta
Trident Volcano → locatedNear → Novarupta ⓘ
linked to: Mount Novarupta
Knife Creek → near → Novarupta volcano ⓘ
linked to: Mount Novarupta
Ukak River → associatedEvent → 1912 Novarupta eruption ⓘ
linked to: Mount Novarupta
Ukak River → basinAffectedBy → 1912 Novarupta eruption ⓘ
linked to: Mount Novarupta
Ukak River → nearVolcano → Novarupta ⓘ
linked to: Mount Novarupta