Pogromni Volcano is a stratovolcano

Stratovolcano

A stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, is a tall, conical volcano built up by many layers of hardened lava, tephra, pumice, and volcanic ash. Unlike shield volcanoes, stratovolcanoes are characterized by a steep profile and periodic, explosive eruptions...

 on Unimak Island

Unimak Island

Unimak Island is the largest island in the Aleutian Islands chain of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the easternmost island in the Aleutians and, with an area of 1,571.41 mi² , the ninth largest island in the United States and the 134th largest island in the world. It is home to Mount...

 in the Aleutian Islands. Near it are 5 cinder cone

Cinder cone

According to the , Cinder Cone is the proper name of 1 cinder cone in Canada and 7 cinder cones in the United States:In Canada: Cinder Cone In the United States:...

s, and a mountain called Pogromni's Sister.

Its name comes from Russian: Погромный = "characterised by violent outbreak", which here probably means volcanic eruption. (Compare Pogrom#Etymology). Pogromni is old and eroded, and historic eruptions attributed to it may have come from nearby Westdahl

Mount Westdahl

Mount Westdahl is a stratovolcano in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is located on Unimak Island, near the western tip of the Alaska Peninsula, in the Aleutian Range.- Sources :* *...

volcano.

External links

• http://www.bartleby.com/69/66/P06166.html
• http://www.avo.alaska.edu/volcanoes/volcact.php?eruptionid=273&volcname=Westdahl Eruption dates?
• http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1101-34-