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Pogromni Volcano

Pogromni Volcano

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Aleutians East
Nearest City:
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Elevation:
  • 5584 ft (1702 m)
About

on SW end of Unimak I.; Aleutian Islands.

History of Pogromni Volcano

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."