Kialagvik, United States

Stratovolcano · 1,677 m (5,502 ft) · Alaska Peninsula

Kialagvik is a stratovolcano in the United States, 1,677 m (5,502 ft) high. Its last known eruption: undated, but a probable Holocene eruption. NOAA records no significant eruption here.

Kialagvik on the map

Kialagvik and the volcanoes within 300 km, colored by when each last erupted.

Since 1964
1900 to 1963
1800s
AD 1 to 1799
Before AD 1, or undated

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Now

From the USGS Volcano Hazards Program, read 16:51 UTC. USGS threat ranking: Moderate Threat.

Unassigned / Unassigned Alaska Volcano Observatory rates Kialagvik at alert level Unassigned, aviation color code Unassigned.

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The volcano

Type: Stratovolcano
Elevation: 1,677 m (5,502 ft)
Country: United States
Region: Alaska Peninsula
Summit: 57.203° N, 156.745° W
Last known eruption: Undated, but a probable Holocene eruption
Holocene activity known from: Holocene
Smithsonian volcano number: 312120

Significant eruptions

NOAA records eruptions that killed, did damage, were very large, or set off a tsunami or earthquake.

None on record.

Around it

The volcanoes within 300 km.

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Sources

Volcanoes and significant eruptions from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. Alert levels, color codes and notices from the USGS Volcano Hazards Program and its observatories, public domain. Volcano numbers are the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program’s.