Alaska Gazetteer
Mount Veniaminof is a physical feature (summit) in Lake and Peninsula Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Mount Veniaminof |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Summit |
| Description: | on Alaska Peninsula; Aleutian Ra |
| History: | "Constantin Grewingk in 1849 wrote ""We have named this point on our maps 'Vilkam Wenjaimow.'"" Named in honor of Father Ioann (Ivan Popov) Veniaminov, 1797-1879, Russian Orthodox missionary priest, Bishop of Russian American, and Metropoltian of Moscow, whose writings on Aleut language and Ethnology are still standard references. The name ""Veniaminof Crater"" is shown on a 1927 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) map, presumably intended to apply only ot the volcano's crater." |
| Borough: | Lake and Peninsula Borough |
| Latitude: | 56.1977844238 |
| Longitude: | -159.392333984 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Mount Veniaminof: Mount Veniaminof.
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