MOUNT KATMAI

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MOUNT KATMAI
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Location of the Volcano
Mount Katmai is near King Salmon, Alaska. Its
located in North America, 58.3N, 155.0W and
its elevation is 6,714 feet (2,047m). Katmai is
100 to 700foot deep and the diameter is about
400 meters. Katmais height is about 210 feet
(65m).
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INFORMATION
Mount Katmai is an active volcano, but its has
not erupted since the last couple of years. Its
a medium explosion meaning that it can be quiet
or it can be loud or very explosive.When Katmai
erupts, the withdrawal of magma from beneath the
cluster of small volcanoes at Katmai caused the
area to collapse and produce a caldera. Also
there are at least 14volcanoes in Katmai
considered active.
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More Information
This Volcano is a caldera because when it
erupts, enormous volumes of ash and dust
which sweeps down the slopes in avalanches.
Mount Katmai has caused many damages because it
has caused many areas to collapse and could of
caused other damages in states. It is
also affecting the animals that live near the
volcano. About 2,000 brown bears live in this
area. Some of them have died because of the
eruptions. But some have survived by the
destructive volcano.
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HISTORY OF ERUPTIONS
Mount Katmai has erupted for more than 10 times
in the last 7,000 years. The 1912 eruption of
Katmai was the largest in North America in this
century. Katmai National park is where most of
the eruptions have started. When Katmai has been
erupted, all you can see is ash because that is
what the mount is covered with after the eruption
has ended. The Katmai eruption was 10 times more
forceful than the 1980 Mount Saint Helens
eruption.
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RESOURCES
http.//volcano.und.edu/ (Volcano
World) http.//www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/ http.//
www.fema.gov/kids/volcano.htm (Volcano)
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