Alaska Volcano Observatory

Alaska
Volcano Observatory

Alaska Volcano Observatory
Agency overview
Formed 1988
Website http://www.avo.alaska.edu/

The Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) is a joint program of the United States Geological Survey, the Geophysical Institute of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and the State of Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys (ADGGS).[1] AVO was formed in 1988, and uses federal, state, and university resources to monitor and study Alaska's volcanology, hazardous volcanoes, to predict and record eruptive activity, and to mitigate volcanic hazards to life and property. The Observatory website allows users to monitor active volcanoes, with seismographs and webcameras that update regularly. AVO now monitors more than 20 volcanoes in Cook Inlet, which is close to Alaskan population centers, and the Aleutian Arc due to the hazard that plumes of ash pose to aviation.[2]

References

  1. ↑ dggs.alaska.gov
  2. ↑ "Alaska Volcano Observatory". About. Alaska Volcano Observatory. October 24, 2000. Archived from the original on 8 February 2010. Retrieved 31 January 2010.

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Coordinates: 61°11′19″N 149°48′16″W / 61.18859°N 149.8044°W / 61.18859; -149.8044


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