Eruption of Wrangell
3 Sep 1899 · 62.01° N, 144.02° W
Mount Wrangell, is a massive shield volcano located in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve in southeastern Alaska, United States. The shield rises over 12,000 feet (3,700 m) above the Copper River to its southwest.
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What the records say
- When
- 3 Sep 1899
- Kind
- Volcanic eruption
- Coordinates
- 62.01° N, 144.02° W
- Vei
- 2
- Dated by
- Observations: Reported
- Volcano number
- 315020
- Eruption number
- 20411
- Vei modifier
- ?
Mount Wrangell
Active volcanic mountain in America, United States
Mount Wrangell, is a massive shield volcano located in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve in southeastern Alaska, United States. The shield rises over 12,000 feet (3,700 m) above the Copper River to its southwest. Its volume is over 220 cubic miles (920 km3), making it more than twice as massive as Mount Shasta in California, the largest stratovolcano by volume in the Cascades.
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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