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Mount Gilbert (Alaska)
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Mount Gilbert is a volcano which forms the northern part of Akun Island
in the eastern Aleutian Islands, USA. Active fumarole
s were documented 1 mi (1.5 km) northeast of the summit in the early 1900s.
Akun Island
Akun Island is one of the Fox Islands subgroup of the Aleutian Islands in Aleutians East Borough of southwestern Alaska, USA. It lies east of Akutan Island and southwest of Unimak Island across the Unimak Pass. The Krenitzin Islands lie to its south and southeast across the Avatanak Strait...
in the eastern Aleutian Islands, USA. Active fumarole
Fumarole
A fumarole is an opening in a planet's crust, often in the neighborhood of volcanoes, which emits steam and gases such as carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, hydrochloric acid, and hydrogen sulfide. The steam is created when superheated water turns to steam as its pressure drops when it emerges from...
s were documented 1 mi (1.5 km) northeast of the summit in the early 1900s.