Mount Kupreanof

Mount Kupreanof
Mount Kupreanof

Steam plumes (center) rising from a prominent fumarole on the upper south-southwest flanks of Mount Kupreanof.
Elevation 1,895 m (6,217 ft)
Listing List of volcanoes in the United States
Location
Location Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States
Coordinates 56°06′36″N 159°47′49″W / 56.11°N 159.797°W / 56.11; -159.797Coordinates: 56°06′36″N 159°47′49″W / 56.11°N 159.797°W / 56.11; -159.797
Geology
Type Stratovolcano
Volcanic arc/belt Aleutian Arc
Last eruption 1987

Mount Kupreanof is a stratovolcano on the Alaska Peninsula, United States. It is the largest and the northeasternmost in a group of five volcanoes opposite from Stepovak Bay. Mount Kupreanof displays extremely strong fumarole activity and its latest eruption in 1987 produced minor steam and ash emission.[1] This is the only known historical eruption from Mount Kupreanof.

References

  1. ^ "Kupreanof". Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution. http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1102-06-. 



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