Snowy Mountain (Alaska Peninsula)

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Snowy Mountain
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Snowy Mountain in August 2003
Highest point
Elevation 7,093 ft (2,162 m) [1]
Listing Volcanoes in the United States
Coordinates 58°20′10″N154°40′55″W / 58.336°N 154.682°W / 58.336; -154.682 [1]
Geography
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Snowy Mountain
Location of Snowy Mountain within Alaska
Location Alaska Peninsula, Alaska, United States
Parent range Aleutian Range [2]
Geology
Formed by Subduction zone volcanism
Mountain type Stratovolcano
Volcanic arc 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

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Snowy Mountain". Global Volcanism Program . Smithsonian Institution . Retrieved 2018-06-17.
  2. 1 2 "Snowy Mountain". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2020-11-20.


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