Uncertain eruption of Wrangell
14 May 1999 · 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
- 14 May 1999
- Kind
- Volcanic eruption
- Coordinates
- 62.01° N, 144.02° W
- Vei
- 1
- Uncertain
- yes
- Dated by
- Observations: Reported
- Volcano number
- 315020
- Eruption number
- 20419
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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Nearby in time and place
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