Mount Emmons (Alaska) facts for kids
This article is about Mount Emmons (disambiguation). For other uses, see Mount Emmons (Alaska) (disambiguation).
Quick facts for kids Mount Emmons |
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View, looking northeast, of Mount Emmons in 1987
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 4,711 ft (1,436 m) |
| Listing | List of volcanoes in the United States |
| Geography | |
| 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/belt | Aleutian Arc |
| Last eruption | Unknown |
Mount Emmons is a post-caldera stratovolcano within the Emmons Lake caldera on the Alaska Peninsula within the Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States.
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.
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.
The peak is located within the Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge.
Mount Emmons is a local name published on a USGS map in 1943.
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