Makushin Volcano

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Makushin Volcano
Aerial view of the Point Kadin vents, a series of post- glacial explosion pits and small cinder cones that occur along a fracture zone northwest of the summit of Makushin Volcano.
Elevation	5,905 feet (1,800 metres)
Location	Alaska Peninsula, Alaska, USA
Range	Aleutian Range
Coordinates	53°53′11″N, 155°55′51″W
Topo map	USGS Unalaska C-3
Type	Stratovolcano
Last eruption	1995

Makushin Volcano (also known as Mount Makushin) is a stratovolcano on the Alaska Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska. Makushin is a Russian surname, probably derived from Russian word makushka, meaning "the crown (of the head)" or "top," and most likely applied to this feature after some Russian explorer or trader. The volcano was called "Ognedyshushchaya Gora" meaning "burning mountain" by Sarichev on a 1792 map.

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

Makushin last erupted in 1995.

[edit] Sources

• Global Volcanism Program
• Volcanoes of the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands-Selected Photographs
• Alaska Volcano Observatory

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