Information About

Red Cinder Dome

Quick Facts

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Location

53 ° 58' 14.999" N,
166 ° 52' 50.999" W

Region

Aleutians West (CA)

Nearest City

Unalaska

Elevation

1788 ft (544.98 m)

Red Cinder Dome in Detail.

About

on N coast of Unalaska I., Aleutian Islands.

History

So named in 1937 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) because it "is a large reddish cinder dune (sic), a sort of half crater * * *."