Volcanic eruption
Open on the mapEruption of Ugashik-Peulik
5850 BCE · 57.75° N, 156.37° W
Ugashik-Peulik is a volcanic complex in the U.S. state of Alaska, which includes the stratovolcano of Mount Peulik and the adjacent Ugashik caldera. It is located to the south of Becharof Lake in Lake and Peninsula Borough on the Alaska Peninsula. It is part of the Aleutian Range.
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What the records say
- When
- 5850 BCE
- Kind
- Volcanic eruption
- Coordinates
- 57.75° N, 156.37° W
- Date uncertainty
- year uncertain
- Vent
- Peulik
- Dated by
- Isotopic: 14C (uncalibrated)
- Volcano number
- 312130
- Eruption number
- 20201
The source
- Smithsonian GVP Volcanoes of the World: Holocene eruptionsGlobal Volcanism Program, Smithsonian InstitutionSmithsonian terms of use: personal, educational and non-commercial use, with creditGlobal Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution: Volcanoes of the World v5.3, https://doi.org/10.5479/si.GVP.VOTW5-2025.5.3Source page