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 per ...

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 U ...

in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska.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 occupies part of the SE caldera floor. The summit of Kanaga has a crater with fumarolic activity. It is located about 25 km (16 mi) west of the U.S. Navy installation and port on Adak Island. The volcano 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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