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Pavlof Sister description and information

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Official Name: Pavlof Sister
Type:Stratovolcano
Most Recent Activity:1762
Seismically Monitored: No
Elevation: 7028 ft (2142 m)
Latitude: 55.4569° N
Longitude:161.8544° W
Quadrangle:Port Moller
CAVW Number:312040
Pronunciation: Sound file
Nearby towns:Belkofski 26 mi (41 km) SW
King Cove 33 mi (53 km) SW
Cold Bay 39 mi (63 km) SW
Nelson Lagoon 45 mi (73 km) NE
Anchorage 587 mi (945 km) NE
DESCRIPTION
From Smithsonian Institution, online database, accessed December 8, 2003: "Located at the end of a chain of volcanoes trending NE from Emmons Lake caldera, the symmetrical Pavlof Sister stratovolcano is somewhat more eroded than its twin volcano to the SW, Pavlof. The 2142-m-high Pavlof Sister is almost 400 m lower than Pavlof and has a sharper-peaked summit. Only one historical eruption, in the 18th century, was recorded from Pavlof Sister. The two symmetrical volcanoes form a dramatic backdrop to Pavlof Bay and Volcano Bay near the western end of the Alaska Peninsula."
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