Fumaroles On Little Sitkin Island
The orange dot marks the spring, in a frame about three quarters of a mile wide.
The third Little Sitkin Island fumarole entry on file has the least attached to it: no temperature beyond the word hot, no landowner, no access status, and an elevation recorded at sea level. Beringovskiy is the closest town named. It is steam from volcanic ground, with no soaking value.
Call it 190 miles to the nearest road. Shoreline elevation. Average temperature for the year is around forty on file, and snow still comes to nearly six feet. No land unit or designation comes with this one.
The record is silent on season and on camping. Treat the ground as hot and the vents as burning. Whoever manages the island is not recorded here, so assume restrictions apply until told otherwise. A temperature reading would help; none exists.
USGS hasn't flown a detailed laser scan here yet, so this view comes from aerial photos and older elevation data.
- Setting
- Open ground
- Flat, open ground all around.
- Highest ground nearby
- Level with the spring
- Within a quarter mile
Elevation data: USGS 3D Elevation Program. Aerial imagery: USGS The National Map. Public domain.