Mount Emmons
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| Mount Emmons | |
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 View, looking northeast, of Mount Emmons |
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| Elevation | 4,711 feet (1,436 m) |
| Location | Alaska, USA |
| Range | Aleutian Range |
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| Type | Caldera |
| 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 constucted within the 7 x 11 miles (11 x 18 km) caldera, which also contains an elongated crater lake on its southwest side.
[edit] Sources
- Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program: Emmons Lake
- Volcanoes of the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands-Selected Photographs
- Alaska Volcano Observatory
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