Steam rising off of the roiling lake in the bottom of the south crater of Korovin.  Although the walls are plastered with tephra, recent, rigorous phreatic activity has stripped the lower walls to bare rock.

Steam rising off of the roiling lake in the bottom of the south crater of Korovin. Although the walls are plastered with tephra, recent, rigorous phreatic activity has stripped the lower walls to bare rock.

Date: Jul 19th, 2004
Volcano(es): Atka volcanic complex Korovin
Photographer: McGimsey, R. G.
URL: avo.alaska.edu/image/view/12464

Korovin 2004/6

McGimsey and others (2008) and Neal and others (2009) detail satellite imagery and field observations of ash on the upper east flank of Korovin volcano in late June - early July, 2004, likely from a small phreatic eruption of Korovin prior to late June.

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