Mount Emmons (Alaska)

Mount Emmons[3] is a post-caldera stratovolcano within the Emmons Lake caldera on the Alaska Peninsula within the Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States.

Map showing volcanoes of Alaska. The mark is set at the location of Emmons Lake.
Mount Emmons
View, looking northeast, of Mount Emmons in 1987
Highest point
Elevation4,711 ft (1,436 m)[1]
ListingList of volcanoes in the United States
Coordinates55°20′27″N 162°04′21″W[2]
Geography
Mount Emmons
Location of Mount Emmons within Alaska
LocationAlaska Peninsula, Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska
United States
Parent rangeAleutian Range
Topo mapUSGS Cold Bay B-1
Geology
Mountain typeCaldera
Volcanic arc/beltAleutian Arc
Last eruptionUnknown

Description

The summit is one of three cones constructed within the 7-by-11-mile (11 km × 18 km) caldera, which also contains an elongated crater lake on its southwest side.[1]

The most recent of several caldera-forming eruptions at Emmons Lake occurred more than 10,000 years ago. No historical eruptions have occurred at Emmons Lake.[4]

The peak is located within the Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge.[5]

Mount Emmons is a local name published on a USGS map in 1943.[3]

See also


References

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