Mount Katmai

Mount Katmai

Mount Katmai is a large dormant stratovolcano (composite volcano) on the Alaska Peninsula in southern Alaska, located within Katmai National Park and Preserve. It is about in diameter with a central lake-filled caldera about in size, formed during the Novarupta eruption of 1912. The caldera rim reaches a maximum elevation of . In 1975 the surface of the crater lake was at an elevation of about , and the estimated elevation of the caldera floor is about .

Details

Part
Katmai National Park and Preserve
Topo
USGS Mount Katmai B-3
Type
Stratovolcano
Range
Aleutian Range
State
Alaska
Country
United States
Map Size
270
Formed By
Subduction zone volcanism
Part Type
Protected area
Elevation Ft
6715
Volcanic Arc
Aleutian Arc
Easiest Route
Basic snow/ice climb
Last Eruption
June 6-9, 1912
Prominence Ft
2391