Fumaroles On Little Sitkin Island
The orange dot marks the spring, in a frame about three quarters of a mile wide.
Can you soak at Fumaroles On Little Sitkin Island?
No. The water at Fumaroles On Little Sitkin Island reaches boiling point, hot enough to scald.
Fumaroles On Little Sitkin Island is a high steam vent field, two thousand feet up, inside the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, with no temperature recorded and access restricted. The record lists no county at all; the nearest town it names is Beringovskiy.
The distance to the nearest road is listed at nearly two hundred miles. That is the whole story of access: none. Weather on file gives a yearly average a hair above freezing. Snow comes near six feet.
The record gives no best months and no campground. The refuge restricts entry. Without a temperature on record, treat every vent as hot enough to burn. This is a listing for completeness, useful to anyone studying the vents.
USGS hasn't flown a detailed laser scan here yet, so this view comes from aerial photos and older elevation data.
- Setting
- Hillside
- The spring sits on a steep slope that climbs to the north.
- Highest ground nearby
- 710 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the north
A slice through the ground from north to south, about 0.6 miles end to end.
Elevation data: USGS 3D Elevation Program. Aerial imagery: USGS The National Map. Public domain.