Snowy Mountain (Alaska Peninsula)
(Redirected from Snowy Mountain (Alaska Peninsula, Alaska))
Snowy Mountain | |
---|---|
Highest point | |
Elevation | 7,093 ft (2,162 m)[1] |
Listing | Volcanoes in the United States |
Coordinates | 58°20′10″N 154°40′55″W / 58.336°N 154.682°W[1] |
Geography | |
Location | Alaska Peninsula, Alaska, United States |
Parent range | Aleutian Range[2] |
Geology | |
Mountain type | Stratovolcano |
Volcanic arc/belt | Aleutian Arc |
Last eruption | 1710 ± 200 years[1] |
Snowy Mountain is a stratovolcano on the Alaska Peninsula of Alaska, United States.[1] It was named by the National Geographic Society in 1919 because of the extensive glaciers nearby.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d "Snowy Mountain". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2018-06-17.
- ^ a b "Snowy Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
Categories:
- Coordinates on Wikidata
- Volcanoes of Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska
- Stratovolcanoes of the United States
- Volcanoes of Alaska
- Mountains of Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska
- Mountains of Alaska
- Pleistocene stratovolcanoes
- Holocene stratovolcanoes
- All stub articles
- Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska geography stubs