What Happened on November 6th, 1741 on Bering Island
- Authors: Bykasov V.Е1
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Affiliations:
- Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Issue: No 5 (2023)
- Pages: 48-54
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://journals.eco-vector.com/0032-874X/article/view/627802
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.7868/S0032874X2305006X
- ID: 627802
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Abstract
In the morning of November 6, 1741 the packet-boat “Svyatoy Pyotr” (St. Peter) of the Second Kamchatka Expedition previously thrown by the night storm to the north of Bering Island, headed south to its coast. At 5 pm the ship anchored in 2 versts (~ 7000 feet) from the coast. At 6 pm the weather was calm but the sudden powerful standing waves twice torn the anchor ropes. Then a wave of 2.5–3 m high has thrown the ship over the reef into Bering Bay, where it stayed all the calm moonlit night. We speculate that these near catastrophic events were a consequence of a sea-quake, caused by an underwater volcano eruption.
About the authors
V. Е Bykasov
Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: pkcats@gmail.com
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
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