Rocks on the north part of the island are hydrothermally altered.
The projecting E point of the island is marked by a prominent cone-shaped grayish-tan summit.
[2] Davidof island is believed to be part of a circular complex of island remnants of an ancient twin-coned volcano that was destroyed in a catastrophic eruption during the late Tertiary period — Davidof, and its smaller companions Lopy and Pyramid Islands, are remnants of the ancient caldera rim while Khvostof Island is a remnant of the western portion of the cone.
Davidof Island has steep rocky shores that rise to an interior plateau to a maximum elevation of 328 m).
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