Mount Denison facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Mount Denison |
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Mount Denison (right)
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 7,606 ft (2,318 m) |
| Prominence | 1,558 ft (475 m) |
| Listing | Mountain peaks of Alaska |
| Geography | |
| Location | Kodiak Island Borough / Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska |
| Parent range | Aleutian Range |
| Topo map | USGS |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Stratovolcano |
| Volcanic arc/belt | Aleutian Arc |
| Last eruption | Unknown, probably Holocene |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1978, Richard Soaper, Dick McClenahan, et al. |
| Easiest route | glacier climb |
Mount Denison is a tall mountain in Alaska. It's a special kind of volcano called a stratovolcano. This means it's shaped like a cone and built up by many layers of hardened lava and ash. Mount Denison is one of the highest peaks on the Alaska Peninsula.
A professor from Harvard University named Kirtley Fletcher Mather found it in 1923. He named the mountain after his old university, Denison University. Many people who climbed Mount Denison for the first time were also connected to Denison University.
Where is Mount Denison?
Mount Denison is found in a very wild and remote part of Katmai National Park in Alaska. This area has many glaciers, which are like huge, slow-moving rivers of ice.
It might be the tallest mountain in Katmai National Park. However, some people think Mount Griggs is higher. Mount Griggs is easier to get to because it's near the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes. You can reach the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes by road from the park's visitor center.
Is Mount Denison an Active Volcano?
There are no records of Mount Denison erupting in recent history. But scientists believe it was probably active sometime in the last 10,000 years. This time period is called the Holocene epoch.
