- Mount Emmons (Alaska)
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For other uses, see Mount Emmons (disambiguation).
Mount Emmons 
View, looking northeast, of Mount EmmonsElevation 4,711 ft (1,436 m) [1] Listing List of volcanoes in the United States Location Location Alaska Peninsula. Alaska, USA Range Aleutian Range Coordinates 55°20′27″N 162°04′21″W / 55.3409°N 162.0726°W[2] Topo map USGS Cold Bay B-1 Geology 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. It is one of three cones constructed within the 7 x 11 miles (11 x 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.[3]
Mount Emmons is a local name published on a USGS map in 1943.[4]
Map showing volcanoes of Alaska. The mark is set at the location of Emmons Lake.
References
- ^ a b "Emmons Lake". Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution. http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1102-02-. Retrieved 2005-01-26.
- ^ "Emmons Lake Volcanic Center". Alaska Volcano Observatory. http://www.avo.alaska.edu/volcanoes/volcinfo.php?volcname=emmons%20lake%20volcanic%20center. Retrieved 2009-06-01.
- ^ "Volcanoes of the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands". Digital Data Series DDS-40. U.S. Geological Survey. 2002. http://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds-40/album.html. Retrieved 2009-06-01.
- ^ "Mount Emmons". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1418557. Retrieved 2009-06-01.
Categories:- Mountains of Alaska
- Volcanoes of Alaska
- Crater lakes
- Landforms of Aleutians East Borough, Alaska
- Aleutian Range
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