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The Gareloi Volcano is a stratovolcano in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, United States, about from Anchorage. Gareloi is located on Gareloi Island, and comprises most of its land mass. The island also has two small glaciers which protrude to the northwest and southeast. The volcano is by at its base, possessing two summits. The southern crater is far greater in size, wide with fumaroles, which can be attributed to edifice failure in the southern wall, while Gareloi's northern crater is enclosed. ==Discovery and accessibility== Vitus Bering had been a prominent sailor in Russia. After successful expeditions in 1725, 1728, and 1730, Bering was sent to explore what is now the Bering Sea area of the Pacific in 1740. He soon settled on Kamchatka, where he started a settlement and built two additional vessels, dubbed ''St. Peter'' and ''St. Paul''. In 1741 Bering and his company started towards North America, but were stalled by a storm and in being delayed were forced to take land. During the storm they could not make out the Alaskan coast. The storm proved too powerful so the ships turned around, along the way charting several of the Aleutians, including Gareloi.〔 〕 Since then, it has been barely studied, resulting in a fragmentary knowledge of its eruptions and possibly even unrecorded episodes.〔Coombs, McGimsey and Browne, page 1.〕 Gareloi Island is uninhabited and is part of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.〔(Preliminary Volcano-Hazard Assessment for Gareloi Volcano, Gareloi Island, Alaska )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gareloi Volcano」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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