Map showing volcanoes of Alaska. The mark is set at the location of Cold Bay Volcano.

Cold Bay volcano, a 1,920-m-high (6,299 ft) stratovolcano at the southwest end of the Alaska Peninsula. Elevation has several related meanings: Geography The elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or possibly some other fixed point). ... Latitude, denoted φ, gives the location of a place on Earth north or south of the Equator. ... Map of Earth showing curved lines of longitude Longitude, sometimes denoted λ, describes the location of a place on Earth east or west of a north-south line called the Prime Meridian. ... State nickname: The Last Frontier, The Land of the Midnight Sun Other U.S. States Capital Juneau Largest city Anchorage Governor Frank Murkowski Official languages English Area 1,717,854 km² (1st)  - Land 1,481,347 km²  - Water 236,507 km² (13. ... The Aleutian Range is the mountain range of the Alaska Peninsula in southeast Alaska. ... The Alaska Peninsula is a peninsula on the mainland of Alaska at the beginning of the Aleutian Islands. ... Mountains can be characterized in several ways. ... View of Mount Rainier, a stratovolcano. ... In climbing, a first ascent (FA) is the first climb to reach the top of a mountain, or the first to follow a particular climbing route. ... View of Mount Rainier, a stratovolcano. ... The Alaska Peninsula is a peninsula on the mainland of Alaska at the beginning of the Aleutian Islands. ...

Sources

• Siebert L, Simkin T (2002-). Volcanoes of the World: an Illustrated Catalog of Holocene Volcanoes and their Eruptions. Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program Digital Information Series, GVP-3, (http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/)
• Volcanoes of the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands-Selected Photographs (http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/dds/dds-40/)