Alert Level Raised to Orange on Mount Veniaminof Volcano

Landsat 8 image of Veniaminof volcano, September 9, 2018. A small lava flow, about 500m long, is visible on the south flank of the intracaldera cone. Also note a triangular-shaped patch of thin ash depositson the snow south of the cone. Small lava flows like this one were also erupted in 1983-84, 1993, and 2013. Image-AVO
Landsat 8 image of Veniaminof volcano, September 9, 2018. A small lava flow, about 500m long, is visible on the south flank of the intra-caldera cone. Also, note a triangular-shaped patch of thin ash deposits on the snow south of the cone. Small lava flows like this one also erupted in 1983-84, 1993, and 2013. Image-Chris Way Thomas/AVO

The Alaska Volcano Observatory raised the alert level on Mount Veniaminof last week after satellite imagery showed low-level ash emissions emanating from the volcano’s caldera.

The alert level was raised from green to yellow on September 3rd after increased seismic activity was detected and raised further the next day to orange after ash  was detected.

Veniaminof, an 8,225-foot stratovolcano is one of the largest and most active volcanos in the Aleutian arc. In the past 200 years, the volcano has erupted at least 13 times.

Passengers on the  Tustumena spotted lava flowing and fountaining from the volcano as it transited the area traveling from Sand Point to Chignik on Monday.