Pogromni Volcano is a stratovolcano on Unimak Island in the Aleutian Islands. Near it are 5 cinder cones, and a mountain called Pogromni's Sister.
Pogromni is old and eroded with a single glacier on its flank and base. Eruptions have been attributed to it in 1795, 1796, 1826, 1827, and 1830, but historic eruptions attributed to it may have come from nearby Westdahl Volcano.
Etymology
The volcano's name comes from the Russian "Погромный," meaning "characterized by violent outbreak." This naming refers to a volcanic eruption, but shares the same etymology as pogrom, a Russian word referring to violent riots against an ethnic group, especially Jews.
See also
- List of mountain peaks of North America
- List of mountain peaks of the United States
- List of mountain peaks of Alaska
- List of mountain peaks of the United States
- List of Ultras of the United States
- List of volcanoes in the United States
References
External links
- http://www.bartleby.com/69/66/P06166.html
- http://www.avo.alaska.edu/volcanoes/volcact.php?eruptionid=273&volcname=Westdahl Eruption dates?
- http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1101-34-
- Google Earth view
