Mount Recheshnoi

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Mount Recheshnoi

View, looking west, at the head of the Russian Bay valley of Mount Recheshnoi.
Elevation 6,509 feet (1,984 metres)
Location Umnak, Alaska, USA
Range Aleutian Range
Coordinates 53.157° N 168.539° W
Topo map USGS Umnak A-2
Type Stratovolcano
Last eruption Unknown

Mount Recheshnoi (also spelled Recheschnoi) is a heavily eroded stratovolcano located near the center of the SW lobe of Umnak Island in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska.

The northeast flank of Recheshnoi has one of the hottest and most extensive thermal areas in Alaska. The Geyser Bight geothermal area consists of six zones of thermal springs and two fumarolic areas along upper Geyser Creek and contains the only known geysers in the state. Other thermal areas occur at Hot Springs Cove and Partov Cove on the isthmus between Recheshnoi and Mount Okmok.

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

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