Mount Kupreanof

Mount Kupreanof
Mount Kupreanof
	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[edit]

^ "Kupreanof". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.

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[SI-1] "Kupreanof". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.

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