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Mount Kupreanof

Coordinates: 56°06′36″N 159°47′49″W / 56.11°N 159.797°W / 56.11; -159.797
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Mount Kupreanof
Steam plumes (center) rising from a prominent fumarole on the upper south-southwest flanks of Mount Kupreanof.
Highest point
Elevation1,895 m (6,217 ft)
ListingList of volcanoes in the United States
Coordinates56°06′36″N 159°47′49″W / 56.11°N 159.797°W / 56.11; -159.797
Geography
LocationLake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States
Geology
Mountain typeStratovolcano
Volcanic arc/beltAleutian Arc
Last eruptionMarch 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

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