Often compared to Mount Fuji of Japan, the symmetrical Shishaldin volcano, located on central Unimak Island in the Aleutians, rises 2857 m above sea level. The volcano has a summit crater that emits a nearly continuous plume of steam. Shishaldin is the highest and one of the most active volcanoes of the Aleutian Islands. It has produced frequent strombolian eruptions, sometimes with lava flows, since the 18th century. Photo by Chris Nye (Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, Alaska Volcano Observatory).
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| Volcano Number: | 311360 | | Volcano Name: | Shishaldin | | Country: | United States | | Volcano Type: | Stratovolcano | | Last Eruption: | 2020 CE | | Elevation: | 2857m | | Tectonic Setting: | Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km) | | Pop. within 5km: | 0 | | Pop. within 10km: | 0 | | Pop. within 30km: | 10 | | Pop. within 100km: | 197 | | Latitude: | 54.756 | | Longitude: | -163.97 |
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