Amukta description and statistics

Type:	Stratovolcano
Most Recent Activity:	March 2, 1997
Seismically Monitored:	No
Distance:	994 mi (1599 km) from Anchorage
Elevation:	3497 ft (1066 m)
Latitude:	52.49419° N
Longitude:	171.25476° W
Quadrangle:	Amukta
CAVW Number:	1101-19-
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Pronunciation:	Sound file
Synonyms:	Amukta Island Amukta volcano Amuchta Amarchta Amukhta

From Miller and others (1998): "The undissected stratovolcano of Amukta volcano composes most of nearly circular, 7.7-km-wide Amukta Island. The cone, about 5.8 km in basal diameter and topped by a 0.4 km wide summit crater, appears on synthetic-aperture radar imagery to be built on a 300+ meter high, east-west trending arcuate ridge. Extensions of that ridge on the southwest and east sides of the island indicate an older caldera approximately 6 km in diameter and open to the sea on the south side. No hot springs or fumaroles have been reported from Amukta. Sekora (1973, p. 29) reports the presence of a cinder cone near the northeastern shore of the island."