Mount Vsevidof

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Mount Vsevidof
View, looking north, of Mount Vsevidof
Elevation	7,051 ft (2,149 m)
Location	Alaska, United States
Range	Aleutian Range
Prominence	7,051 ft (2,149 m)
Coordinates	53.130° N 168.693° W
Type	Stratovolcano
Last eruption	March 11, 1957[1]

Mount Vsevidof is a stratovolcano in the U.S. state of Alaska. Its summit is the highest point on Umnak Island, one of the eastern Aleutian Islands. Its symmetrical cone rises abruptly from its surroundings. Its most recent eruption was caused by an earthquake on March 9, 1957. The mountain erupted on March 11, 1957, and the eruption ended the next day.^[1]

Map showing volcanoes of Alaska. The mark is set at the location of Mount Vsevidof.

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1. ^ ^{a b} This is recorded as a "questionable eruption" by the Alaska Volcano Observatory (Vsevidof History Page). Other possible eruptions or other activity occurred in 1784, 1790, 1830, 1878, and 1880.

• Volcanoes of the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands-Selected Photographs
• Mount Vsevidof on the Alaska Volcano Observatory Website
• Siebert L, Simkin T (2002-). Volcanoes of the World: an Illustrated Catalog of Holocene Volcanoes and their Eruptions. Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program Digital Information Series, GVP-3, (http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/).

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