EXPLANATION OF PLATE III 
Mount Shishaldin 
Mount Shishaldin is an active volcano nearly 9,000 feet high and 
of unusual symmetry, rivalling Fugiyama, the sacred mountain of 
Japan, in the beauty of its curves. It has never been visited by a 
geographer and is not known to have been ascended. Unimak, the 
island on which it stands, is a continuation of Alaska Peninsula, being 
separated only by a narrow strait. Like the rest of the Aleutian chain, 
it lies between Bering Sea and the Pacific Ocean. 
Both views were taken by parties of the United States Fish Com¬ 
mission, the lower from Bering Sea in 1890, the upper from the Pacific 
in 1897. 
