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| Keywords: Augustine Volcano, ca 1912 (THWAITES 219).jpeg check categories 27 October 2016 1 Photograph Creator John E Thwaites Caption on image Chernaboro Volcano Cooks Inlet Alaska PH Coll 247 275<br/>Augustine volcano lies in southwestern Cook Inlet southcentral coastal Alaska 180 kilometers southwest of Anchorage The name Mount St Augustine was in use during much of the 19th and early 20th centuries following the naming of the volcano by Captain James Cook on St Augustine's day May 26 in 1778 During the Russian occupation of Alaska the volcano was known as Chernabura a local corruption of the Russian name Ostrov Chernoburoy meaning black-brown island Augustine volcano a postglacial island volcano in lower Cook Inlet is part of the eastern Aleutian arc Debris avalanche activity on Augustine Island presents a special hazard in the lower Cook Inlet region -- the impact of such rock slides into the sea can create tsunamis as during a historic eruption in 1883 During the past six historic eruptions much of the Cook Inlet region has been affected by regional ash falls Less explosive extrusive dome growth has marked the later phases of all six historic eruptions Subjects LCTGM Augustine Volcano Alaska ; Volcanoes--Alaska; Cook Inlet Alaska depicted place United States--Alaska--Augustine Island ca 1912 Institution University of Washington UWASH-THWAITES-source accession number thwaites 219 PD-old-auto-1923 1940 Information field Order Number THW141 Images from the John E Thwaites Photographs of Alaska Collection to check Augustine Island | ||||
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