Half moon over Mount Sanford, a dissected andesite 
shield volcano. At 4,949 m (16,237 ft), it is the highest 
volcano in the Wrangell volcanic field. Capital Mountain, a 
2,356-m (7,731 ft)-high andesite shield volcano, is in the 
middle foreground. View is to the south. Photograph by D. 
Richter, U.S. Geological Survey, 1963.

Half moon over Mount Sanford, a dissected andesite shield volcano. At 4,949 m (16,237 ft), it is the highest volcano in the Wrangell volcanic field. Capital Mountain, a 2,356-m (7,731 ft)-high andesite shield volcano, is in the middle foreground. View is to the south. Photograph by D. Richter, U.S. Geological Survey, 1963.

Date: 1963
Volcano(es): Sanford
Photographer: Richter, D. H.
URL: avo.alaska.edu/image/view/302
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