Mount Shishaldin

Tags: Volcano.

Mount Shishaldin /ʃɨˈʃældən/ is a moderately active volcano on Unimak Island in the Aleutian Islands chain of Alaska. It is the highest mountain peak of the Aleutian Islands. The most symmetrical cone-shaped glacier-clad large mountain on earth the volcano’s topographic contour lines are nearly perfect circles above 6500 feet (2000 m). The lower north and south slopes are somewhat steeper than the lower eastern and western slopes.

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point

elevation (μ)

2856.89

eruption date

2014-01-01T00:00:00+02:00

year of first ascent

1932-01-01T00:00:00+02:00

located in area

Alaska, Unimak Island

mountain range

Aleutian Range

National Topographic System map number

USGS False Pass D-6

prominence (μ)

2856.89

type

Stratovolcano

latitude

54.7558

longitude

-163.967