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Islands of Four Mountains - Aleutian Islands - Alaska

by

Nasa/Novapix

Reference

t-naalk-00009

Date

2018-09-05

The islands, part of the Aleutian Island chain, are actually the upper slopes of volcanoes rising from the sea floor: Herbert (bottom), Carlisle (left), Cleveland (center), and Tana (top right). Carlisle and Herbert volcanoes are distinct cones and form separate islands. Cleveland volcano and the Tana volcanic complex form the eastern and western ends respectively of Chuginadak Island. A cloud bank obscures the connecting land mass in this image. Cleveland volcano (elevation 1,730 meters above sea level) is one of the most active in the Aleutian chain. Image taken from ISS in june 2018.