Aerial view of the Point Kadin vents, a series of post- glacial explosion pits and small cinder cones that occur along a fracture zone northwest of the summit of Makushin Volcano.
The Makushin Volcano (alternatively Mount Makushin) is a stratovolcano on the Alaska Peninsula. Makushin is a Russian name, probably derived from the word "makushka", meaning "the crown (of the head)" or "top," and applied to this feature because it is the highest point on Unalaska Island. This volcano was called "Ognedyshushchaya Gora" meaning "burning mountain" by Sarichev on a 1792 map. A topographical summit is a point on a surface which is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. ... State nickname: The Last Frontier, The Land of the Midnight Sun Other U.S. States Capital Juneau Largest city Anchorage Governor Frank Murkowski (R) Official languages English Area 1,717,854 km² (1st) - Land 1,481,347 km² - Water 236,507 km² (13. ... The most general definition of mountain range is a group of mountains bordered by lowlands. ... The Aleutian Range is the mountain range of the Alaska Peninsula in southeast Alaska. ... This article is about longitude and latitude; see also UTM coordinate system Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which... Example of a topographic map with contour lines Topographic maps, also called contour maps, topo maps or topo quads (for quadrangles), are maps that show topography, or land contours, by means of contour lines. ... The United States Geological Survey (USGS) is a scientific agency of the United States government. ... Mountains can be characterized in several ways. ... View of Mount Rainier, a stratovolcano. ... The geologic time scale is used by geologists and other scientists to describe the timing and relationships between events that have occurred during the history of the Earth. ... This article is about volcanoes. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... View of Mount Rainier, a stratovolcano. ... Volcanoes on the Alaska Peninsula The Alaska Peninsula is a peninsula on the mainland of Alaska at the beginning of the Aleutian Islands. ... Unalaska is an island in the Fox Islands group in the middle of the Aleutian Islands southwest of Alaska, at 53°54 North 166°32 West. ...
Map showing volcanoes of Alaska. The mark is set at the location of Mount Makushin.
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
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