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Pavlof Volcano

Pavlof Volcano

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Aleutians East
Nearest City:
Parent:
Elevation:
  • 7493 ft (2283.87 m)
About

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


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History of Pavlof Volcano

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.