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Mount Steller
Mount Denison and Mount Steller.jpg
Mount Steller (to left) in August 2003
(Mount Denison is to the right)
Highest point
Elevation 7,454 ft (2,272 m)
Prominence 1,600 ft (490 m)
Geography
Mount Steller is located in Alaska
Mount Steller
Mount Steller
Location in Alaska
Location Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska, U.S.
Parent range Aleutian Range
Geology
Mountain type Stratovolcano
Volcanic arc/belt Aleutian Arc

Mount Steller is a stratovolcano in Katmai National Park in Alaska, United States. It is part of the Aleutian Range and is located on the Alaska Peninsula.

The mountain was presumably named for the naturalist Georg Wilhelm Steller. While evidence is uncertain, the volcano is believed to have erupted during the Holocene epoch.

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