Volcanodle
Puzzle #52 was Augustine.
Augustine volcano, rising above Kamishak Bay in the southern Cook Inlet about 290 km SW of Anchorage, is the most active volcano of the eastern Aleutian arc. It consists of a complex of overlapping summit lava domes surrounded by an apron of volcaniclastic debris that descends to the sea on all sides. Few lava flows are exposed; the flanks consist mainly of debris-avalanche and pyroclastic-flow deposits formed by repeated collapse and regrowth of the summit.
Read about it at the Global Volcanism Program →
Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution
What the record says
Puzzle 52 ran on 30 Aug 2026 and the answer was Augustine, played with 6 guesses against 8 columns. On the record: Country - United States; Region - North America Volcanic Regions; Type - lava-dome; Tectonic setting - subduction; Elevation - 500-1500; Last eruption - 21st-century; Rock type - andesite; Historically observed - observed.
Beyond the grid the record adds Largest recorded eruption - VEI 4; Holocene eruptions recorded - 22 eruptions.
Volcanodle builds its record from Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution (Venzke, E. (ed.), Volcanoes of the World, volcano.si.edu). The description above comes from the same place the game credits on every reveal: A verbatim excerpt of the volcano's GVP Geological Summary. The puzzle itself is still playable in the archive, and every answer that has been and gone is listed on the past-answers page.
How it scored
- Country
- United States
- Region
- North America Volcanic Regions
- Type
- lava-dome
- Tectonic setting
- subduction
- Elevation
- 500-1500
- Last eruption
- 21st-century
- Rock type
- andesite
- Historically observed
- observed
Also on the record
- Largest recorded eruption
- VEI 4
- Holocene eruptions recorded
- 22 eruptions