- Mount Recheshnoi
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Mount Recheshnoi 
View, looking west, at the head of the Russian Bay valley of Mount Recheshnoi.Elevation 6,509 ft (1,984 m) Location Location Umnak, Alaska, USA Range Aleutian Range Coordinates 53°09′25″N 168°32′20″W / 53.157°N 168.539°W Topo map USGS Umnak A-2 Geology Type Stratovolcano Volcanic arc/belt Aleutian Arc Last eruption Unknown Mount Recheshnoi (also spelled Recheschnoi) is a heavily eroded stratovolcano located near the center of the SW lobe of Umnak Island in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska.
The northeast flank of Recheshnoi has one of the hottest and most extensive thermal areas in Alaska. The Geyser Bight geothermal area consists of six zones of thermal springs and two fumarolic areas along upper Geyser Creek and contains the only known geysers in the state. Other thermal areas occur at Hot Springs Cove and Partov Cove on the isthmus between Recheshnoi and Mount Okmok.
Map showing volcanoes of Alaska. The mark is set at the location of Mount Recheshnoi.
Sources
- "Recheschnoi". Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution. http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1101-28-.
- Volcanoes of the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands-Selected Photographs
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Recheshnoi
- Alaska Volcano Observatory
Categories:- Landforms of Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska
- Stratovolcanoes
- Mountains of Alaska
- Volcanoes of Alaska
- Potentially active volcanoes
- Aleutian Range
- Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska geography stubs
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