Davidof Island

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).

This article about a location in the Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska is a stub.

NASA - picture of Davidof, on left side Khvostof Island
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Davidof Island, September 27, 2005. Photo by C. A. Neal, Alaska Volcano Observatory / U.S. Geological Survey.
Davidof Volcano ash flow deposit, September 27, 2005. Photo by C. A. Neal, Alaska Volcano Observatory / U.S. Geological Survey.