Mount Moffett

Mount Moffett
Mount Moffett in 1990.
Elevation	3,924 ft (1,196 m) [1][2]
Location
Location	Adak Island, Alaska, United States
Range	Aleutian Range
Coordinates	51°56′11″N 176°44′34″W / 51.93639°N 176.74278°W / 51.93639; -176.74278Coordinates: 51°56′11″N 176°44′34″W / 51.93639°N 176.74278°W / 51.93639; -176.74278[3]
Topo map	USGS Adak C-3
Geology
Type	Stratovolcano

Mount Moffett is a mountainous stratovolcano that forms the summit of Adak Island of the Aleutian Islands in the U.S. state of Alaska. Its peak reaches 3,924 feet (1,196 m). It is heavily glaciated and is made primarily of high alumina basalt and andesite.^[1] It has never had an eruption in recorded history. The southern flank of the mountain is assumed to be its youngest side.^[1] In comparison to other Aleutian stratovolcanoes, Moffett is a small vent, characteristic of its mixed composition.

It was named by the U.S. Navy in 1936 for Rear Admiral William Adger Moffett.^[3]

It has occasionally been skied with there once being a ski-lift on the lower portion.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Charles Arthur Wood, Jürgen Kienle, Volcanoes of North America: United States and Canada, Cambridge University Press, 1992, ISBN 052143811X, page 25.
2. ^ ^{a b} Traveler T. Terpening, Alaska, Bradt Travel Guides, 2010, ISBN 1841622982, page 393.
3. ^ ^{a b} "Mount Moffett". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1418921. Retrieved 2009-02-09.