Akutan Hot Springs is a system of several dozen thermal springs and a geyser in the Akutan geothermal area, Akutan Island, Alaska.[1][2][3]
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| Location | Akutan Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska |
| Coordinates | 54°9′N 165°53′W / 54.150°N 165.883°W |
| Type | volcanic |
| Temperature | 77°C (171°F) |
Location
editThe Akutan geothermal area is located in the Aleutian Islands; the hot springs are scattered across multiple locations. They discharge into the bay from various local streams and groundwater.[4] Akutan Peak is a stratovolcano with a summit caldera. The active hot springs are located at the head of the valley and the shore of Hot Springs Bay.[5] There are five groupings of geothermal springs in the lower Hot Springs Bay Valley (HSBV) geothermal area.[6]
Water profile
editThe water emerges from the springs at 77 °C (171 °F) and discharges into Hot Springs Creek and other streams.[1] The geothermally heated water emerges from beach sands, fissures in hydrothermally cemented stream bank sediments, from pools in the alluvium and directly into the creek.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Akutan Hot Springs". USGS. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
- ^ Stelling, Pete; Hinz, Nicholas H.; Kolker, Amanda; Ohren, Mary (2015). "Exploration of the Hot Springs Bay Valley (HSBV) geothermal resource area, Akutan, Alaska". Geothermics. 57: 127–144. doi:10.1016/j.geothermics.2015.05.002. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
- ^ "Akutan Geothermal: Resource Report". Geothermal Research Group. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
- ^ "Direct-Use Options for Hot Springs in Adak, Akutan and Atka" (PDF). Alaska Center for Energy and Power. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
- ^ "Akutan Peak description and information". Alaska Volcano Observatory. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
- ^ a b "Geothermal Resources of the Aleutian Arc, Alaska; Part 2 - Central Arc" (PDF). Alaska Division of Geologic and Geophysical Surveys. Retrieved September 18, 2020.