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Mount Gordon
Mount GordonElevation 2,755 m (9,039 ft) Prominence 625 m (2,051 ft) Listing List of volcanoes in the United States of America Location Location Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, United States Range Wrangell Mountains Coordinates 62°08′N 143°48′W / 62.13°N 143.8°WCoordinates: 62°08′N 143°48′W / 62.13°N 143.8°W Geology Type Cinder cone Age of rock Holocene Last eruption Unknown Mount Gordon is a cinder cone in the Wrangell Mountains of eastern Alaska, United States, located between Nabesna Glacier and the stratovolcano Mount Drum.[1] It is the most prominent of a group of Pleistocene and Holocene cinder cones, most of which are less than 100 m (328 ft) high. The exact age of Mount Gordon remains unknown.
References
- ^ "Gordon". Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution. http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1105-021.
Categories:- Mountains of Alaska
- Landforms of Valdez–Cordova Census Area, Alaska
- Volcanoes of Alaska
- Cinder cones of the United States
- Alaska geography stubs
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