Lopy Island

Lopy Island
NASA image of Lopy, on the northern tip of Khvostof
Waters	Pacific Ocean
Archipelago	Council of Iceland
Geographical location	51 ° 59 ′  N , 178 ° 21 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 59 ′  N , 178 ° 21 ′  E
Highest elevation	107  m
Residents	uninhabited

Lopy Island is a small uninhabited island of the Rat Islands and belongs to the Aleutian Islands . The island is located at the northern end of Khvostof Island and reaches a height of 107 m.

Like the neighboring islands of Davidof and Pyramid, Lopy is probably the remnant of a caldera rim . The caldera was part of a volcano that was largely destroyed in the Tertiary as a result of an explosive eruption .

Web links

• Image and short description (Engl.) ( Memento of 23 December 2010 at the Internet Archive )
• Image from the helicopter, to the left of Khvostof and Pyramid