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Mount Emmons

Mount Emmons, a peak in Alaska
Mount Emmons, a peak in AlaskaPublic domain

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. 12 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
1,465 m

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates55.34169, -162.07408

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • 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
Peaks: 12
  • 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
Cliffs: 2
Parks: 2
  • Anvil Mountain: 16.2 mi
  • Haanĝux̂: 18.1 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Haanĝux̂ Cold Bay Hot Springs: 15.7 mi
Springs: 1
  • Dutton Spring Water: 20.3 mi
Beaches: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pavlof VolcanoNE2,518 m8.8 mi
Pavlof SisterNE2,142 m11.8 mi
Little PavlofNE1,861 m6.1 mi
Mount DuttonSW1,510 m13.3 mi
Double CraterENE1,463 m4.3 mi
Mount HagueNE1,341 m3.6 mi
Aghileen PinnaclesNW1,176 m3.4 mi
Trader Mountain VolcanoNNE785 m16.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox08:5120:1421:02
June solstice06:0722:3223:35
September equinox08:3520:0120:49
December solstice10:1516:0417:20

Local time (America/Nome).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283030354147525348413531
Precip in3.43.23.02.72.62.72.53.74.54.95.04.4

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 site

OpenStreetMap element node/6253670453

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