Mount Cleveland Research Paper

Mount Cleveland is one of Alaska’s most active volcanoes. It has erupted more than 20 times in 230 years. Mount Cleveland is a nearly symmetrical, stratovolcano on the western end of Chuginadak Island, which is part of the Islands of Four Mountains. The Islands of Four Mountains are just west of Umnak Island in the Fox Islands located in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. In 1894 a team from the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (formerly the United States Survey of the Coast) visited the island and gave Mount Cleveland its current name, named after president of the time Grover Cleveland. Mount Cleveland is the most active volcano in the Aleutian Arc. Mount Cleveland is primarily hazardous to aircraft; due to the fact that many flights over the North Pacific near the vicinity of the volcano. Volcanic ash released during eruptions can damage sensitive electronic equipment and sensors on aircraft. On June 19, 2012, a plane reported an ash-producing explosion on Mount Cleveland. Due to continuing volcanic activity, the volcano was placed on the Volcano Watch List in the orange or "watch" category the following day. …show more content…
Mount Cleveland had its original eruption back in 1744. The most recent eruption was in March 2013, but it was a small eruption producing ash. Although ash plumes from these eruptions are still a threat to air traffic between North America and Asia. Volcanic ash can damage the exterior of an aircraft as well as be pulled into jet engines where it melts, piles up, and can cause engine failure. Back in May 2001, eruptions on Mount Cleveland sent ash plumes into the air to an elevation of about 30,000 feet in the air which prevented air traffic until the ash plumes