Volcanodle
Puzzle #88 was Yunaska.
The elongated 9 x 23 km Yunaska in the Islands of the Four Mountains group of the Aleutian Islands is comprised of two distinct volcanic centers. The older western center consists of the eroded remnants of four overlapping stratovolcanoes that form a linear, NNE-trending ridge. Cinder cones and fissure-fed lava flows extend from the western end of the complex.
Read about it at the Global Volcanism Program →
Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution
What the record says
Puzzle 88 ran on 5 Oct 2026 and the answer was Yunaska, played with 6 guesses against 8 columns. On the record: Country - United States; Region - North America Volcanic Regions; Type - shield; Tectonic setting - subduction; Elevation - 500-1500; Last eruption - 20th-century; Rock type - andesite; Historically observed - observed.
Beyond the grid the record adds Largest recorded eruption - VEI 3; Holocene eruptions recorded - 6 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
- shield
- Tectonic setting
- subduction
- Elevation
- 500-1500
- Last eruption
- 20th-century
- Rock type
- andesite
- Historically observed
- observed
Also on the record
- Largest recorded eruption
- VEI 3
- Holocene eruptions recorded
- 6 eruptions