Pogromni Volcano is a
stratovolcano on
Unimak Island
Unimak Island ( ale, Unimax, russian: Унимак) is the largest island in the Aleutian Islands chain of the U.S. state of Alaska.
Geography
It is the easternmost island in the Aleutians and, with an area of , the ninth largest island in the ...
in the
Aleutian Islands
The Aleutian Islands (; ; ale, Unangam Tanangin,”Land of the Aleuts", possibly from Chukchi ''aliat'', "island"), also called the Aleut Islands or Aleutic Islands and known before 1867 as the Catherine Archipelago, are a chain of 14 large v ...
. Near it are 5
cinder cones, and a mountain called Pogromni's Sister.
Pogromni is old and eroded with a single glacier on its flank and base. Eruptions have been attributed to it in 1795, 1796, 1826, 1827, and 1830, but historic eruptions attributed to it may have come from nearby
Westdahl Volcano.
[Alaska Volcano Observatory, Volcano Information -- Pogromni](_blank)
Retrieved Jan. 6, 2023.
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Etymology
The volcano's name comes from the Russian "Погромный," meaning "characterized by violent outbreak." This naming refers to a volcanic eruption, but shares the same etymology as
pogrom
A pogrom () is a violent riot incited with the aim of massacring or expelling an ethnic or religious group, particularly Jews. The term entered the English language from Russian to describe 19th- and 20th-century attacks on Jews in the Russia ...
, a Russian word referring to violent riots against an ethnic group, especially
Jews
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.
See also
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List of mountain peaks of North America
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List of mountain peaks of the United States
This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaksThis article defines a significant summit as a summit with at least of topographic prominence, and a major summit as a summit with at least of topographic prominence. All su ...
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List of mountain peaks of Alaska
This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaksThis article defines a significant summit as a summit with at least of topographic prominence, and a major summit as a susexxleast of topographic prominence. All summits ...
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List of Ultras of the United States
The following sortable table comprises the 200 most topographically prominent mountain peaks of the United States of America.
The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways:
#The topographic elevation of a summit me ...
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List of volcanoes in the United States
A list of volcanoes in the United States and its territories.
Alaska
American Samoa
Arizona
California
Colorado
Hawaii
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References
External links
*http://www.bartleby.com/69/66/P06166.html
*http://www.avo.alaska.edu/volcanoes/volcact.php?eruptionid=273&volcname=Westdahl Eruption dates?
*http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1101-34-
Google Earth view
Volcanoes of Aleutians East Borough, Alaska
Stratovolcanoes of the United States
Volcanoes of Alaska
Mountains of Aleutians East Borough, Alaska
Mountains of Alaska
Unimak Island
Pleistocene stratovolcanoes
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