Kanaga Volcano, or Mount Kanaga, is a

stratovolcano A stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, is a conical volcano built up by many layers (strata) of hardened lava and tephra. Unlike shield volcanoes, stratovolcanoes are characterized by a steep profile with a summit crater and peri ...

at the northern tip of

Kanaga Island Kanaga Island ( ale, Kanaga; russian: Остров Канага) is a part of the Andreanof Islands group of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska. The island measures long and between wide with an area of , making it the 42nd largest island in the ...

in the

Aleutian Islands The Aleutian Islands (; ; ale, Unangam Tanangin,”Land of the Aleuts", possibly from Chukchi ''aliat'', "island"), also called the Aleut Islands or Aleutic Islands and known before 1867 as the Catherine Archipelago, are a chain of 14 large v ...

Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U ...

.Alaska Volcano Observatory, Volcano Information -- Kanaga
Retrieved Dec. 16, 2022. It is situated within a

caldera A caldera ( ) is a large cauldron-like hollow that forms shortly after the emptying of a magma chamber in a volcano eruption. When large volumes of magma are erupted over a short time, structural support for the rock above the magma chamber is ...

, which forms the arcuate Kanaton Ridge south and east of Kanaga. A

crater lake Crater Lake ( Klamath: ''Giiwas'') is a volcanic crater lake in south-central Oregon in the western United States. It is the main feature of Crater Lake National Park and is famous for its deep blue color and water clarity. The lake partly fill ...

occupies part of the SE caldera floor. The summit of Kanaga has a crater with

fumarolic A fumarole (or fumerole) is a vent in the surface of the Earth or other rocky planet from which hot volcanic gases and vapors are emitted, without any accompanying liquids or solids. Fumaroles are characteristic of the late stages of volc ...

activity. It is located about 25 km (16 mi) west of the

U.S. Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage o ...

installation and port on

Adak Island Adak Island ( ale, Adaax, russian: Адак) or Father Island is an island near the western extent of the Andreanof Islands group of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska. Alaska's southernmost town, Adak, is located on the island. The island has a l ...

. The

volcano A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface. On Earth, volcanoes are most often found where tectonic plates ...

erupted intermittently through much of 1994, dusting the community of Adak at least once with fine ash.

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Volcanoes of the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands-Selected Photographs

Alaska Volcano Observatory

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Image:Kanagaisland.jpg, Aerial photograph of Kanaga Island produced in 1952 by the United States Navy Image:Kanaga iss.jpg, Kanaga Island with Kanaga Volcano seen from space File:Kanaga Volcano, Kanaga Island, Aleutians.jpg, Kanaga Volcano, Kanaga Island, Aleutians File:Kanaga Volcano (22432739869).jpg, Lava flow formed by 1906 eruption of Kanaga Volcano

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