Information About

Pavlof Volcano

Quick Facts

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Location

55 ° 25' 13.001" N,
161 ° 53' 35.002" W

Region

Aleutians East

Nearest City

False Pass

Elevation

7493 ft (2283.87 m)

Pavlof Volcano in Detail.

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About

on W side of Pavlof Bay, near SW end of Alaska Peninsula, Aleutian Range


History

Urssian name, meaning "Paul" or "Saint Paul," published as "Pavlovskoi Volcan" by Captain Lutke (1836, p. 269), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN); published as "Pavlovskaya Sopka" on a Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1847. cPavlov Volcano (smoking)" is shown on an 1890 U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF) chart.