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405: 372: 250: 258: 29: 228:, one 2 miles (3.2 km) wide and two others about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) wide. Small peaks rising 2,000 feet (600 m) and 2,031 feet (619 m) are also present in the caldera. Fisher Caldera is located just 13 miles (21 km) from the 500: 475: 446: 61: 490: 439: 390: 319: 385: 432: 412: 465: 54: 485: 179: 495: 404: 480: 344: 288: 349: 470: 149: 225: 8: 420: 315: 249: 377: 210: 262: 239: 131: 416: 339: 229: 124: 117: 205:, measuring about 6.8 miles (11 km) by 11 miles (18 km), located on 459: 221: 206: 167: 154: 110: 101: 76: 63: 172: 163: 236: 218: 257: 202: 28: 214: 105: 44: 314:. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 355–356. 242:(the last 11,700 years) occurred at Fisher Caldera in 8700 136: 243: 33:
Satellite picture of Unimak Island with Fisher Caldera
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Elevation
Coordinates
54°40′N 164°23′W / 54.667°N 164.383°W / 54.667; -164.383
Unimak Island
Alaska
United States
Parent range
Aleutian Range
Topo map
USGS
Mountain type
Stratovolcano
arc
belt
Aleutian Arc
Last eruption
caldera
Unimak Island
Aleutian Islands
Alaska
andesitic
stratovolcano
crater lakes
Mount Westdahl
Holocene
Epoch
BCE

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