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Amak reported activity

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Data
Reported Activity
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1700-00-001710-00-00Amak: 1700 - 1710 Grewingk (1850, translated 2003 by Fritz Jaensch) reports that between "1700-1710 (?) volcanic activity on * * * Amak (beginning of the eighthteenth century)." Marsh (in Wood and Kienle, 1990) states that "granular, blocky leveed flows have erupted in historic times."asterisk_yellow.pngye50http://www.avo.alaska.edu/volcanoes/activity.php?volcname=Amak&eruptionid=269&page=basic
1796-00-00Amak: 1796 Grewingk (1850, translated 2003 by Fritz Jaensch) reports that in 1796, Amak "with active crater (?)." Grewingk also writes that Amak has been dormant at least since 1804, when Krusenstern viewed the island. Marsh (in Wood and Kienle, 1990) states that "granular, blocky leveed flows have erupted in historic times."asterisk_yellow.pngye50http://www.avo.alaska.edu/volcanoes/activity.php?volcname=Amak&eruptionid=270&page=basic
Event Dates (2 events)
Key:
Eruption
Questionable eruption
Non-eruptive activity

1700 - Amak
1796 - Amak
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