Earth:Mount Kupreanof
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Mount Kupreanof | |
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Steam plumes (center) rising from a prominent fumarole on the upper south-southwest flanks of Mount Kupreanof. | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,895 m (6,217 ft) |
Listing | List of volcanoes in the United States |
Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] : 56°06′36″N 159°47′49″W / 56.11°N 159.797°W |
Geography | |
Location | Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States |
Geology | |
Mountain type | Stratovolcano |
Volcanic arc/belt | Aleutian Arc |
Last eruption | March 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
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount Kupreanof.
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