Mount Gilbert is a volcano which forms the northern part of
Akun Island
Akun Island ( ale, Akungan) is one of the Fox Islands subgroup of the Aleutian Islands in the Aleutians East Borough of southwestern Alaska.
Geography
The island lies east of Akutan Island and southwest of Unimak Island, across the Unimak Pass ...
in the eastern
Aleutian Islands
The Aleutian Islands ( ; ; ale, Unangam Tanangin, "land of the Aleuts"; possibly from the Chukchi ''aliat'', or "island")—also called the Aleut Islands, Aleutic Islands, or, before 1867, the Catherine Archipelago—are a chain of 14 main, ...
, USA. Active
fumarole
A fumarole (or fumerole) is a vent in the surface of the Earth or other rocky planet from which hot volcanic gases and vapors are emitted, without any accompanying liquids or solids. Fumaroles are characteristic of the late stages of volcan ...
s were documented 1 mi (1.5 km) northeast of the summit in the early 1900s.
See also
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List of volcanoes in the United States of America
Sources
Volcanoes of the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands-Selected PhotographsAlaska Volcano Observatory
External links
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Volcanoes of Aleutians East Borough, Alaska
Mountains of Alaska
Volcanoes of Alaska
Aleutian Range
Mountains of Aleutians East Borough, Alaska
Pleistocene stratovolcanoes
Stratovolcanoes of the United States
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