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Wrangell, Alaska

Wrangell, Alaska

Speaking of off locations for volcanism, Wrangell in Alaska isn't where you think you should find active volcanism in the northern state. Located ~320 kilometers almost due east of Anchorage, Wrangell is part of an enigmatic group of volcanoes within the Wrangell Range. This includes Churchill which may (or may not) be the source of the White River Ash lobes that spread across Canada and Alaska in two VEI 6 eruptions in ~60 and ~800 A.D. As for Wrangell, it last erupted in 2002 and has occasional small eruptions. However, it did produce a VEI 4 eruption in ~190 A.D.

Image: From ISS taken August 14, 2005. NASA.


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