Aniakchak

British  

/ ˌænɪˈæktʃæk /

noun

1. an active volcanic crater in SW Alaska, on the Alaska Peninsula: the largest explosion crater in the world. Height: 1347 m (4420 ft). Diameter: 9 km (6 miles)

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Example Sentences

Fiorillo, the executive director of the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, has spent 10 field seasons at Aniakchak.

From Washington Post • Oct. 1, 2022

Every single one of the 112 dinosaur tracks the team has found in Aniakchak is entered into Kobayashi’s tablet.

From Washington Post • Jul. 23, 2021

Just 19 people stopped by Aniakchak last year, which makes the runner-up, Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial in California — visitors: 533 — a logjam of humanity by comparison.

From New York Times • May 16, 2013

Aniakchak, which is in Alaska, is the least-visited of the 401 National Park Service properties.

From New York Times • May 16, 2013

The first exploration of an active Alaskan volcano called Aniakchak.

From Time Magazine Archive