Mount Okmok

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Mount Okmok is a large volcanic caldera on Alaska’s Aleutian Islands known for its explosive eruptions and significant impact on regional and even global climate.

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Mount Okmok canonical 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf shield volcano ⓘ
volcanic caldera ⓘ
associatedWith possible link to global climate anomalies around 43–41 BCE ⓘ
calderaDiameter approximately 10 kilometers ⓘ
approximately 6 miles ⓘ
climateImpact regional climate cooling ⓘ
stratospheric sulfate aerosol injection ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
elevation approximately 1530 meters ⓘ
approximately 5020 feet ⓘ
eruptionFrequency multiple historical eruptions in the 19th and 20th centuries ⓘ
eruptionProduct andesitic tephra ⓘ
basaltic lava ⓘ
volcanic ash ⓘ
eruptionStyle explosive ⓘ
phreatomagmatic ⓘ
strombolian ⓘ
geologicalAge Quaternary ⓘ
hasCaldera Okmok Caldera ⓘ
hasCalderaFloorElevation approximately 400 meters above sea level ⓘ
hasCrater multiple post-caldera cones and craters ⓘ
hasFeature lava flows filling parts of the caldera floor ⓘ
scoria cones ⓘ
tuff cones ⓘ
hazardType ashfall ⓘ
lahars ⓘ
pyroclastic flows ⓘ
volcanic gas emissions ⓘ
includedIn Global Volcanism Program database ⓘ
isActive true ⓘ
islandVolcano true ⓘ
lastEruption 2008 ⓘ
locatedIn Alaska ⓘ
Aleutian Islands ⓘ
Aleutians West Census Area ⓘ
North Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Umnak Island ⓘ
monitoredBy Alaska Volcano Observatory ⓘ
United States Geological Survey ⓘ
mountainRange Aleutian Range ⓘ
nearbySettlement Nikolski, Alaska ⓘ
notableEruption 2008 Okmok eruption ⓘ
43 BCE Okmok caldera-forming eruption ⓘ
partOf Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian volcanic arc ⓘ
Aleutian Arc ⓘ
tectonicSetting subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the North American Plate ⓘ
volcanicExplosivityIndex up to VEI 6 in prehistoric eruptions ⓘ
volcanoNumber 311240 ⓘ
volcanoType shield volcano with summit caldera ⓘ

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Umnak Island → hasVolcano → Mount Okmok ⓘ