Mount Akutan
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Mount Akutan rises to 1,303 m in Alaska. Flat Top Peak stands 1,065 m to the southwest, 2.0 miles off. 17 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.
The story
Mount Akutan, officially Akutan Peak, is a stratovolcano in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. Akutan Peak, at 4,275 feet (1,303 m), is the highest point on the caldera of the Akutan stratovolcano. Akutan contains a 2 km-wide caldera formed during a major explosive eruption about 1600 years ago. Recent eruptive activity has originated from a large cinder cone on the NE part of the caldera. It has been the source of frequent explosive eruptions with occasional lava effusion that blankets the caldera floor. A lava flow in 1978 traveled through a narrow breach in the north caldera rim to within 2 km of the coast. A small lake occupies part of the caldera floor. Two volcanic centers are located on the NW flank: Lava Peak is of Pleistocene age; and, a cinder cone lower on the flank which produced a lava flow in 1852 that extended the shoreline of the island and forms Lava Point. An older, mostly buried caldera seems to have formed in Pleistocene or Holocene time, while the current caldera formed in a VEI-5 eruption c. 340 AD. AVO has recorded 33 confirmed eruptions at Akutan, making it the volcano with the most eruptions in Alaska. The volcano erupted most recently in 1992, but there is still fumarolic activity at the base of Lava Point and there are hot springs North-East of the caldera. In March 1996, an earthquake swarm was followed by deformation of the volcanic edifice, including a lowering of the eastern side and a rise of the western side of the volcano.
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Wikidata Q1950362, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1303 m
How to reach it
17 named places within 25 miles
- Akutan Whaling Station: 7.3 mi
- Whale Gun: 8.8 mi
- WWII Panama Canon Mount: 24.8 mi
- WWII Panama Canon Mount: 24.8 mi
- WWII Panama Canon Mount: 24.8 mi
- Flat Top Peak: 2.0 mi
- Ayagaa Tunutux: 9.0 mi
- Mount Gilbert: 15.5 mi
- Lofty Mountain: 18.4 mi
- Long Mountain: 19.0 mi
- Camp Qungaayux Russian Orthodox Marker Cross: 24.3 mi
- Alexis Magalong: 24.9 mi
- Biorka: 23.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mount Akutan. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flat Top Peak | SW 222° | 1,065 m | 2.0 mi |
| Mount Gilbert | ENE 58° | 818 m | 15.5 mi |
| Lofty Mountain | SW 225° | 695 m | 18.4 mi |
| Long Mountain | WSW 238° | 516 m | 19.0 mi |
| Ayagaa Tunutux | ESE 108° | 368 m | 9.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 09:07 | 20:31 | 21:18 |
| June solstice | 06:31 | 22:42 | 23:42 |
| September equinox | 08:51 | 20:17 | 21:04 |
| December solstice | 10:23 | 16:33 | 17:43 |
Local time (America/Nome).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 34 | 34 | 37 | 42 | 47 | 52 | 54 | 49 | 43 | 38 | 35 |
| Precip in | 6.8 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 5.7 | 7.9 | 6.7 | 7.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dutch Harbor, 28 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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