Bogoslof Island

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Bogoslof Island
Aerial view, looking south, of Bogoslof Island.
Elevation:	150 m (492 ft)
Coordinates:	53.93° N 168.03° W
Location:	Aleutian Islands, Alaska
Type:	Submarine volcano
Last eruption:	1992

Bogoslof Island (Aĝasaaĝux̂^[1]) is the summit of a largely submarine stratovolcano located in the Bering Sea in the U.S. state of Alaska, 50 km (31 mi) behind the main Aleutian volcanic arc. It has a land area of 0.701 km² (173.23 acres) and is unpopulated. The peak elevation of the island is 150 m (492 ft). It is located at 53°56′N, 168°2′W. It last erupted in 1992.

In 1909 President Theodore Roosevelt dedicated Bogoslof and neighboring Fire Island as a sanctuary for sea lions and nesting marine birds. They are now part of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. In November 1967, the island was designated a National Natural Landmark by the National Park Service. The islands were added to the National Wilderness Preservation System in 1970.

[edit] See also

• Bogoslof Wilderness
• List of National Natural Landmarks

[edit] Sources

• 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/).
• Volcanoes of the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands-Selected Photographs
• Alaska Volcano Observatory
• Bogoslof Island: Block 1069, Census Tract 1, Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska United States Census Bureau

Map showing volcanoes of Alaska. The mark is set at the location of Bogoslof Island.

v • d • e Bering Sea Islands Adak Island  • Aiktak Island  • Akun Island  • Akutan Island  • Aleutian Islands  • Amak Island  • Amaknak Island  • Amatignak Island  • Amchitka  • Amlia  • Amukta  • Andreanof Islands  • Arakamchechen Island  • Atka Island  • Attu Island  • Avatanak Island  • Bering Island  • Besboro Island  • Bobrof Island  • Bogoslof Island  • Buldir Island  • Carlisle Island  • Chuginadak Island  • Chugul  • Commander Islands  • Delarof Islands  • Derbin Island  • Diomede Islands  • Egg Island  • Fox Islands  • Gareloi Island  • Great Sitkin Island  • Hagemeister Island  • Hall Island  • Herbert Island  • Igitkin Island  • Ilak Island  • Islands of Four Mountains  • Kagalaska Island  • Kagamil Island  • Kanaga Island  • Karaginsky Island  • Kasatochi Island  • Khvostof Island  • King Island  • Kiska  • Koniuji Island  • Krenitzin Islands  • Kudobin Islands  • Little Sitkin Island  • Little Tanaga Island  • Medny Island  • Nelson Island  • Nunivak Island  • Oglodak Island  • Otter Island  • Pancake Rock  • Pribilof Islands  • Rat Island  • Rat Islands  • St. Lawrence Island  • Saint Paul Island  • Samalga Island  • Sea Lion Rock  • Sea Otter Rocks  • Seal Islands  • Sedanka Island  • Seguam Island  • Segula Island  • Semisopochnoi Island  • Sledge Island  • St. Matthew Island  • St. Michael Island  • Stuart Island  • Tagalak Island  • Tanaga Island  • Tigalda Island  • Ugamak Island  • Ulak Island  • Umak Island  • Umnak  • Unalaska Island  • Unalga Island  • Unimak Island  • Walrus Island  • Walrus Islands  • Walrus and Kritskoi Islands  • Wislow Island  • Yttygran Island  • Yunaska Island

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