Mount Novarupta

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Mount Novarupta is a volcano in Alaska’s Katmai region, best known for its massive 1912 eruption, one of the largest of the 20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ignimbrite-filled valley
lava dome
volcanic eruption
volcano
century 20th century
country United States of America
surface form: United States
createdBy Mount Novarupta self-linksurface differs
surface form: 1912 Novarupta eruption
createdFeature Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes
discoveredAsEruptionSource 1950s
ejectedTephraVolume about 13 to 15 cubic kilometers
elevation about 841 meters
endDate 1912-06-08
eruptionColumnHeight over 30 kilometers
eruptionType Plinian eruption
peléan eruption
formed 1912
globalSignificance major 20th-century explosive eruption
hazardType ashfall
lahars
pyroclastic flows
lastEruptionEndDate 1912-06-08
lastEruptionStartDate 1912-06-06
latitude approximately 58.27° N
locatedIn Alaska
Katmai National Park and Preserve
surface form: Katmai region
locatedInMountainRange Aleutian Range
locatedInProtectedArea Katmai National Park and Preserve
locatedInTectonicSetting subduction zone
locatedInVolcanicArc Aleutian Arc
locatedOn Alaska Peninsula
longitude approximately 155.16° W
magmaComposition andesite
dacite
rhyolite
magmaVolume about 3 to 5 cubic miles
monitoredBy Alaska Volcano Observatory
nearbyVolcano Mount Katmai
Mount Mageik
Trident Volcano
notableEruption 1912 Novarupta eruption
oneOfLargestEruptionsOfCentury true
partOf Mount Katmai
surface form: Katmai volcanic cluster
previouslyMisattributedTo Mount Katmai
prominence about 841 meters
region southwestern Alaska
surface form: Southwestern Alaska
startDate 1912-06-06
surfaceFeature lava dome plug
tephraVolume about 13 to 15 cubic kilometers
VEI 6
volcanoType dacitic lava dome

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Aleutian Islands hasVolcano Mount Novarupta
Katmai National Park and Preserve contains Mount Novarupta
this entity surface form: Novarupta volcano
Katmai National Park and Preserve majorEruption Mount Novarupta
this entity surface form: Novarupta eruption of 1912
Aleutian Range contains Mount Novarupta
this entity surface form: Novarupta
Mount Katmai hasNotableEruption Mount Novarupta
this entity surface form: Novarupta–Katmai 1912 eruption
Mount Katmai eruptiveCenterAssociatedWith Mount Novarupta
this entity surface form: Novarupta vent
Mount Novarupta createdBy Mount Novarupta self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes
this entity surface form: 1912 Novarupta eruption
Mount Mageik near Mount Novarupta
this entity surface form: Novarupta
Mount Trident nearbyVolcano Mount Novarupta
this entity surface form: Novarupta
Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes formedBy Mount Novarupta
this entity surface form: Novarupta eruption
Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes associatedVolcano Mount Novarupta
this entity surface form: Novarupta
Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes createdByEvent Mount Novarupta
this entity surface form: 1912 Novarupta–Katmai eruption
Perryville, Alaska foundedAfter Mount Novarupta
this entity surface form: 1912 Novarupta–Katmai volcanic eruption