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Mount Cerberus

Quick Facts

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Location

51 ° 55' 46.999" N,
179 ° 35' 53.002" E

Region

Aleutians West (CA)

Nearest City

Adak

Mount Cerberus in Detail.

About

On Semisopochnoi Island, Rat Islands., Aleutian Islands.

History

So named by 1935 U.S. Navy Survey Expedition "because the three connected summits comprising the volcano are analogous to the three-headed dog of Greek mythology, the guardian of the entrance to the underworld."