Mount Emmons (Alaska)

For other uses, see Mount Emmons (disambiguation).

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
Elevation	4,711 ft (1,436 m)[1]
Listing	List of volcanoes in the United States
Coordinates	55°20′27″N 162°04′21″W[2]
Geography
Mount Emmons Location of Mount Emmons within Alaska
Location	Alaska Peninsula, Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska United States
Parent range	Aleutian Range
Topo map	USGS Cold Bay B-1
Geology
Mountain type	Caldera
Volcanic arc	Aleutian Arc
Last eruption	Unknown

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

• Alaska portal
• Mountains portal

• List of mountain peaks of Alaska

References

1. "Emmons Lake". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 26 Jan 2005.
2. "Emmons Lake Volcanic Center". Alaska Volcano Observatory. Retrieved 1 Jun 2009.
3. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Emmons
4. "Volcanoes of the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands". Digital Data Series DDS-40. United States Geological Survey. 2002. Retrieved 1 Jun 2009.
5. MyTopo Maps - Mount Emmons, Aleutians East, Alaska, United States (Map). Trimble Navigation, Ltd. Retrieved 4 Feb 2018.

External links

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