Mount Emmons (Alaska)

Mount Emmons
View, looking northeast, of Mount Emmons in 1987
Highest point
Elevation4,711 ft (1,436 m)[1]
ListingList of volcanoes in the United States
Coordinates55°20′27″N 162°04′21″W / 55.3409°N 162.0726°W / 55.3409; -162.0726[2]
Geography
Mount Emmons is located in Alaska
Mount Emmons
Mount Emmons
Location of Mount Emmons within Alaska
LocationAlaska Peninsula, Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska
United States
Parent rangeAleutian Range
Topo mapUSGS Cold Bay B-1
Geology
Mountain typeCaldera
Volcanic arc/beltAleutian Arc
Last eruptionUnknown

Mount Emmons[3] is a post-caldera stratovolcano within the Emmons Lake caldera on the Alaska Peninsula within the Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States.

Map showing volcanoes of Alaska. The mark is set at the location of Emmons Lake.
  1. ^ "Emmons Lake". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 26 Jan 2005.
  2. ^ "Emmons Lake Volcanic Center". Alaska Volcano Observatory. Retrieved 1 Jun 2009.
  3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Emmons