Amazing Volcanoes in Alaska

One of the most active volcanoes in the States, Mount Pavlof has erupted numerous times over the last four decades, with its latest occurring at the end of 2019. Set near the end of the Alaska Peninsula, its snow-covered cone overlooks Pavlof Bay, with its sister mount rising alongside it.

Named after a prominent Russian Orthodox missionary priest who was later canonized, Mount Veniaminof is one of the tallest volcanoes in the whole of Alaska. Lying on the Alaska Peninsula, it towers to 2,507 meters, with sparkling waters on either side of it.

Meaning ‘newly erupted’ in Latin, Novarupta was only formed in 1912 when it violently propelled magma and ash into the air. Astonishingly enough, its 60-hour eruption was the largest in the whole of the 20th century.

The Aleutian Arc’s tallest volcano, Mount Spurr reaches a colossal 3,374 meters in height and can be found in the southwest of the state, not far from Anchorage. In both 1953 and 1992, it explosively erupted, coating the nearby city in ash and debris.

Lying almost in the middle of the Aleutian Arc, a long volcanic chain of islands, Mount Cleveland rises dramatically above the glimmering waters that surround it. Set at the western end of Chuginadak Island, the active and volatile volcano sports an almost perfectly symmetrical cone, which stretches 1,730 meters into the sky.

Sprawling over a vast area, the snow-covered Mount Wrangell and its 4,317-metre-high summit certainly make for a spell-binding sight. Coated in icefields throughout the year, the majestic shield volcano towers imperiously over its surroundings, gleaming in the sun.