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Umnak Island
Okmok caldera, Aleuts, cowboys, and WW2 have shaped the history of Umnak Island.

dh1 Most trips to Umnak Island begin in Dutch Harbor on Unalaska Island.
dh2 Dutch Harbor is mostly known for fish and crab.
dh3 The renovated Russian Orthodox church in the village of Unalaska.
quonsets Arriving at Fort Glenn on Umnak. All the quonset huts are remnants from WW2, when Fort Glenn housed a large base to protect Dutch Harbor.
hangar1 The old aircraft hangar in 2000...
hangar2 ...completely fallen apart by 2002.
ranch The Bering Pacific Ranch in Fort Glenn.
cowboys The cowboys of the ranch during its active days in 1998.
lasso Wannabe cowboys practicing with the lasso.
shiprock1 Ship Rock is a landmark in Umnak Pass.
shiprock2 It was a sacred place for the Aleuts, and houses an enormous variety of sea birds.
okmok1 Most of the northern part of Umnak island is occupied by Okmok caldera.
okmok2 The caldera is about 10 km across and formed in a violent eruption about 2400 years ago.
cones More recent activity originated from cones inside the caldera.
coneE The crater of this cone is filled with a beautiful turquoise lake.
coneA1 This cone was the site of an eruption in 1997, and was steaming in 2002.
coneA2 Look into the crater.
okmok3 Lava flows cover most of the caldera floor and have dammed streams to form lakes.
okmok4 The lava flow from 1997 is the darkest feature in this picture, overlying an older flow from 1957.
weepwall Water flows out of the Weeping Wall on the west side of the caldera.
hotsprings1 Hydrothermal activity in the central part of Umnak Island.
hotsprings2 Hotsprings, yeah!

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