Information About

Pogromni Volcano

Quick Facts

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Location

54 ° 34' 8" N,
164 ° 41' 52.001" W

Region

Aleutians East

Nearest City

Akutan

Parent

Unimak Island

Elevation

5584 ft (1702 m)

Pogromni Volcano in Detail.

About

on SW end of Unimak I.; Aleutian Islands.

History

according to the 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 323) the name was published in 1836 by Captain F. P. Lutke, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as "Pogromnoi Volcan". 1847, as "Sopka Pogromnaya," meaning "desolation peak." Aleut name, according to Grewingk (1850, p. 177) is "Kugidach Jagutscha."