| Stepovak Bay | |
|---|---|
 Mount Stepo across Stepovak Bay | |
  Stepovak Bay | |
| Coordinates | 55°43′N159°50′W / 55.717°N 159.833°W /55.717; -159.833 |
| Ocean/sea sources | Pacific Ocean |
| Basin countries | U.S. |
Stepovak Bay is abay located on theAlaska Peninsula,Alaska, on theGulf of Alaska. It was named Stepovakho Bay or Stepof's Bay by theUnited States Coast and Geodetic Survey in 1888 for Stepanof, a Russian captain.[1]
Stepovak Bay is framed by the Stepovak Bay group of volcanoes, a chain of 5cinder cone volcanoes in theAleutian Arc. The volcanoes includeMount Kupreanof[2] and four numbered volcanoes (Stepovak Bay 1, 2, 3, & 4). Mount Kupreanof and Stepovak Bay 2 and 4 erupted within thelast 10,000 years, while Stepovak Bay 1 and 3 erupted before this, sometime in theLate Pleistocene.[3] Mount Kupreanof's most recent eruption was possibly in March 1987.[2]
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