Information About

Faris Peak

Quick Facts

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Location

54 ° 31' 36.998" N,
164 ° 41' 17.002" W

Region

Aleutians East

Nearest City

Akutan

Parent

Unimak Island

Elevation

5230 ft (1594.1 m)

Faris Peak in Detail.

About

In the SW part of Unimak Isalnd, 3 mi S of Pogromni Volcano, Aleutian Islands.

History

Named by O. H. Tittmann, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), for Robert Lee Faris, Assistant Director of U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) until his death in 1932. A member of Ferdinand Westdahl's party, Faris determined the geographic position of this peak in 1901.