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Yunaska ( ale, Yunax̂sxa;
russian: Юнаска) is an uninhabited island which is the largest of the
Islands of Four Mountains
Islands of Four Mountains (russian: Четырёхсопочные острова) is an island grouping of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska, United States. The chain includes, from west to east, Amukta, Chagulak, Yunaska, Herbert, Carlisle, ...
group
[T.P. Miller, R.G. McGimsey, D.H. Richter, J.R. Riehle, C.J. Nye, M.E. Yount, and J.A. Dumoulin,1998. Catalog of the Historically Active Volcanoes of Alaska. USGS, pp.69-70.] in the
Aleutian Islands
The Aleutian Islands (; ; ale, Unangam Tanangin,”Land of the Aleuts", possibly from Chukchi language, Chukchi ''aliat'', "island"), also called the Aleut Islands or Aleutic Islands and known before 1867 as the Catherine Archipelago, are a cha ...
of southwestern
Alaska
Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...
,
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...
. It has a land area of according to the
2000 census.
The island comprises two volcanic mountains, with a valley between. The western mountain is composed of four overlapping and eroded stratovolcanoes, with a cinder cone field at the western end. It has not been historically active. The eastern mountain is a large shield volcano with two overlapping summit calderas, which last erupted in 1937.
References
Yunaska Island: Block 1081, Census Tract 1, Aleutians West Census Area, AlaskaUnited States Census Bureau
Yunaska description and statistics Alaskan Volcano Observatory.
*T.P. Miller, R.G. McGimsey, D.H. Richter, J.R. Riehle, C.J. Nye, M.E. Yount, and J.A. Dumoulin,1998
Catalog of the Historically Active Volcanoes of Alaska USGS, pp.69-70.
External links
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Islands of Four Mountains
Calderas of Alaska
Islands of Alaska
Islands of Unorganized Borough, Alaska
Volcanoes of Unorganized Borough, Alaska
Landforms of Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska
Uninhabited islands of Alaska
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