Nature
Mount Amukta forms most of Amutka Island in Alaska’s Aleutian arc and is the westernmost volcano in the Islands of Four Mountains. This relatively intact stratovolcano has a broad cone, a summit crater, and evidence of an older caldera and a cinder cone nearby. Though remote and only intermittently observed, it has erupted in historical time, with reported activity in the late 18th century, in 1876, and during documented eruptions in 1963, 1987, and possibly 1996. Its 1963 eruption sent ash and lava down the cone into the sea at Traders Cove, underscoring its place among Alaska’s significant active volcanoes.
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