Mount Emmons
Mount Emmons rises to 1,465 m in Alaska. Pavlof Volcano stands 2,518 m to the northeast, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Aghileen Pinnacles, a peak 3.4 miles away. Alaska's Marine Highway passes 21 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Stratovolcano with Caldera. Wood and Kienle (1990) [1]: "The Emmons Lake volcanic center is the site of a large stratovolcano with a pre-caldera volume of 300-400 cubic km and one of the largest calderas in the Aleutian arc." From www.avo.alaska.edu.
The story
Mount Emmons is a post-caldera stratovolcano within the Emmons Lake caldera on the Alaska Peninsula within the Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q3468513, linked from the OpenStreetMap record's article tag.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1465 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 21.5 mi off the Alaska's Marine Highway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- 1973 Plane Crash: 13.0 mi
- DC Eight 8 Sep 1973 Memorial Park: 13.0 mi
- Chiganatux (Big River/Beach) Village: 13.1 mi
- Iichquung (Old Kitchen Village): 14.7 mi
- Belkofski Building: 17.7 mi
- Aghileen Pinnacles: 3.4 mi
- Mount Hague: 3.6 mi
- Double Crater: 4.3 mi
- Little Pavlof: 6.1 mi
- Pavlof Volcano: 8.8 mi
- Double Crater: 4.3 mi
- Galagatax̂ Ridge: 16.3 mi
- Anvil Mountain: 16.2 mi
- Haanĝux̂: 18.1 mi
- Barneys Creek Picnic Site: 19.3 mi
- Baseball Field Picnic Area: 22.4 mi
- Haanĝux̂ Cold Bay Hot Springs: 15.7 mi
- Dutton Spring Water: 20.3 mi
- Kaslokan Point: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mount Emmons. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pavlof Volcano | NE 54° | 2,518 m | 8.8 mi |
| Pavlof Sister | NE 47° | 2,142 m | 11.8 mi |
| Little Pavlof | NE 55° | 1,861 m | 6.1 mi |
| Mount Dutton | SW 216° | 1,510 m | 13.3 mi |
| Mount Dutton | SW 218° | 1,473 m | 13.5 mi |
| Double Crater | ENE 59° | 1,463 m | 4.3 mi |
| Mount Hague | NE 55° | 1,341 m | 3.6 mi |
| Aghileen Pinnacles | NW 307° | 1,176 m | 3.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 08:51 | 20:14 | 21:02 |
| June solstice | 06:07 | 22:32 | 23:35 |
| September equinox | 08:35 | 20:01 | 20:49 |
| December solstice | 10:15 | 16:04 | 17:20 |
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 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 35 | 41 | 47 | 52 | 53 | 48 | 41 | 35 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cold BAY AP, 27 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/6253670453
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