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Akutan Volcano during eruption, ca. 1910
Akutan Volcano during eruption, ca. 1910
TitleAkutan Volcano during eruption, ca. 1910
PhotographerThwaites, John E. (John Edward), 1863-1940
Dateca. 1910
NotesCaption on image: Akutan Volcano, Alaska, in eruption

PH Coll 247.592
Contextual NotesAkutan Volcano is located on west-central Akutan Island, southwest of the tip of the Alaska Peninsula. The communities of Unalaska and Dutch Harbor lie to the southwest. This stratovolcano contains an active cinder cone. Akutan Volcano is one of the most active volcanoes in the Aleutian arc. At least 27 separate eruptive episodes have been noted since 1790.

Subjects (LCTGM)Akutan Peak (Alaska); Volcanic eruptions--Alaska; Volcanoes--Alaska; Mountains--Alaska; Akutan Island (Alaska); Akutan Bay (Alaska)
Subjects (LCSH)Bays--Alaska
Location DepictedUnited States--Alaska--Akutan Island
Digital CollectionJohn E. Thwaites Photographs
Order NumberTHW286
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Negative NumberTHWAITES 247.592
RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
Repository CollectionJohn E. Thwaites Photograph Collection. PH Coll 247
Object TypePhotograph
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x512 ppi. 2003.
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