Mount Vsevidof
Mount Vsevidof | |
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North America isolated peak 53rd | |
Coordinates | 53°07′27″N 168°41′24″W / 53.1241667°N 168.69°W[3] |
Geography | |
Location | |
Parent range | Aleutian Range |
Geology | |
Mountain type | Stratovolcano[1] |
Volcanic arc/belt | Aleutian Arc |
Last eruption | 1957[1] |
Mount Vsevidof (
Its name comes from Russian words for “all” and “sight”, suggesting that it was implied to mean “seen from everywhere” or “where every place is seen from”.
Nearby towns to Vsevidof include Nikolski, Unalaska, Akutan, Atka and Anchorage.[5]
See also
- List of mountain peaks of North America
- List of Ultras of the United States
- List of volcanoes in the United States
References
- ^ a b c "Vsevidof". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
- ^ Miller, T. P.; McGimsey, R. G.; Richter, D. H.; Riehle, J. R.; Nye, C. J.; Yount, M. E.; Dumoulin, J. A. (1998). "Catalog of the historically active volcanoes of Alaska". Open-File Report 98-0582. USGS. pp. 61–62. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
- ^ "Mount Vsevidof". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
- ^ "Vsevidof, Mount, Alaska". AllRefer.com. Archived from the original on 2006-06-26.
- ^ a b Miller, T. P; McGimsey, R. G; Richter, D. H; Riehle, J. R; Nye, C. J.; Yount, M. E; Dumoulin, J. A. "U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report". Catalog of the Historically Active Volcanoes of Alaska. 98–0582: 104 p.
- Notes
- ^ This is recorded as a "questionable eruption" by the Alaska Volcano Observatory (Vsevidof History Page). Other possible eruptions or activity occurred in 1784, 1790, 1830, 1878, and 1880.
External links
- Volcanoes of the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands-Selected Photographs
- Mount Vsevidof on the Alaska Volcano Observatory Website