Join us as we tackle False Pass, a narrow and treacherous strait separating Unimak Island from the Alaska Peninsula. This ...

Roundtop is located on Unimak Island, is glacier-covered today but much of the southwestern parts of the Alaska Peninsula are covered with volcanic debris and ash (aka, tephra) from its VEI 5 eruption ...

Livestreams and a yearly contest have popularized an Alaska national park that offers visitors and internet viewers a unique ...

This offshore earthquake did little direct damage but triggered a Pacific-wide tsunami that destroyed the Scotch Cap Lighthouse on Unimak Island in the Aleutians, killing all five lighthouse ...

The tremors were felt on Unimak Island and in Anchorage, while a small tsunami reached Hilo and Honolulu in Hawaii. Luckily, the land areas impacted were sparsely settled and minimal damage was ...

Mount Shishaldin in Unimak Island in the eastern Aleutian Islands of Alaska has erupted sending ash 28,000 ft into the air and raising aviation warnings to red and volcano alert levels to warning ...

The powdered rock can cause a jet engine to shut down. The volcano is 679 miles (1,093 kilometers) southwest of Anchorage, near the center of Unimak Island, the largest island in the Aleutians.

It’s located on Unimak Island, the largest island in the Aleutians. About 40 people live in the village of False Pass on the island’s east side.

A view of Shishaldin in Alaska taken in January 2020 with a small lava flow on its slopes. Credit: Matt Brekke/Alaska Volcano Observatory. Shishaldin in Alaska is a remote volcano by any standard.

Unimak Island has about 65 residents northeast of the volcano in the community of False Pass. Shishaldin Volcano began erupting on July 11, with strongly elevated surface temperatures reported at ...

An aerial view of Shishaldin Volcano with Isanotski Peaks in the background, taken from a helicopter overflight during geology field work on Unimak Island in the Aleutians.