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Novarupta
Sign in to saveNovarupta is a volcano located on the Alaska Peninsula on a slope of Trident Volcano in Katmai National Park and Preserve, about southwest of Anchorage. Novarupta was formed in 1912, during the largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century, in which it released 30 times the volume of magma of the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens.
Key facts
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- Novarupta
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- Novarupta (13543091424).jpg
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- Novarupta's lava dome in June 2011
- Mountain.elevation_ft
- 2759
- Mountain.range
- Aleutian Range
- Mountain.listing
- Volcanoes in the United States
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- United States
- Mountain.state
- Alaska
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- Protected area
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- Katmai National Park and Preserve
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- Map of Alaska Peninsula Volcanoes.gif
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- Map showing volcanoes of the Alaska Peninsula, with Novarupta towards the northeast
- Mountain.topo
- USGS Mount Katmai B-4
- Mountain.formed_by
- Subduction zone volcanism
- Mountain.type
- Caldera with lava dome
- Mountain.volcanic_arc
- Aleutian Arc
- Mountain.last_eruption
- June to October 1912
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- volcano
- Part of
- Aleutian Islands
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Alaska
- Elevation
- 841
- Image
- Novarupta.jpg
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- Novarupta
- located in protected area
- Katmai National Park and Preserve
- volcano observatory
- Alaska Volcano Observatory
- mountain range
- Aleutian Range
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Eruption of 1912
- Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes
- Katmai National Park
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Novarupta is a volcano located on the Alaska Peninsula on a slope of Trident Volcano in Katmai National Park and Preserve, about southwest of Anchorage. Novarupta was formed in 1912, during the largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century, in which it released 30 times the volume of magma of the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens.
==Eruption of 1912==
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