Mount Shishaldin, Unimak Island
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Mount Shishaldin is a moderately active volcano on Unimak Island in the Aleutian Islands chain of Alaska. It is the highest mountain peak of the Aleutian Islands. The most symmetrical cone-shaped glacier-clad large mountain on Earth, the volcano's topographic contour lines are nearly perfect circles above 6,500 feet. The lower north and south slopes are somewhat steeper than the lower eastern and western slopes. The volcano is the westernmost of three large stratovolcanoes along an east–west line in the eastern half of Unimak Island. ()
Alternative names: First ascent: 1932Last eruption: 2014Elevation: 9373 ftProminence: 9373 ftCoordinates: 54°45'23"N, 163°58'12"W
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