Carlisle


Facts


  • Official Name: Carlisle Island
  • Seismically Monitored: No
  • Color Code: UNASSIGNED
  • Alert Level: UNASSIGNED
  • Elevation: 1620m (5314ft)
  • Latitude: 52.8906
  • Longitude: -170.0576
  • Smithsonian VNum: 311230
  • Pronunciation:
  • Nearby Towns:
    • Nikolski 50 mi (80 km) NE
    • Unalaska 160 mi (258 km) NE
    • Atka 181 mi (291 km) SW
    • Akutan 196 mi (315 km) NE
    • Saint George 257 mi (414 km) NE

Description

From Miller and others (1998) [1] : "Carlisle Island consists of a single symmetric cone, 1524 m high and 6.5 km in diameter at sea level; its steep upper slopes are generally snow-covered year round. Little is known about Carlisle volcano's structure and composition. The topography suggests that the lower slopes of Carlisle are slightly more irregular in form and more dissected by erosion than are the uppermost slopes. According to Sekora (1973) [2] , the western margin of the island consists of a small plateau at an elevation of 50 m, suggesting that the Carlisle stratovolcano is constructed on an emergent marine terrace."

Name Origin

Carlisle Island was named in 1894 by the U.S. Navy Hydrography Office, for John G. Carlisle, Secretary of the Treasury (Orth, 1971).


References Cited

[1] Catalog of the historically active volcanoes of Alaska, 1998

Miller, T. P., McGimsey, R. G., Richter, D. H., Riehle, J. R., Nye, C. J., Yount, M. E., and Dumoulin, J. A., 1998, Catalog of the historically active volcanoes of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-0582, 104 p.

[2] Aleutian Islands National Wildlife Refuge, Wilderness Study Report, 1973

Sekora, P., 1973, Aleutian Islands National Wildlife Refuge, Wilderness Study Report: U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife.

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