Gordon
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Facts
- Official Name: Mount Gordon
- Seismically Monitored: No
- Color Code: UNASSIGNED
- Alert Level: UNASSIGNED
- Elevation: 2755m (9038ft)
- Latitude: 62.1312
- Longitude: -143.0883
- Smithsonian VNum: 315021
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Nearby Towns:
- Chisana 34 mi (55 km) SE
- Slana 49 mi (78 km) NW
- McCarthy 49 mi (78 km) SE
- Chistochina 59 mi (95 km) NW
- Mentasta Lake 60 mi (96 km) NW
Distance from Anchorage: 232 mi (373 km)
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Subfeatures:
- Horseshoe Mesa
Description
From Miller and Richter (1994) [1] : "This is the largest of the young (<1.5 Ma) basalt-basaltic andesite cinder cones that are common in the northwestern part of the Wrangell volcanic field. The cone of Mt. Gordon, about 5 km in diameter and 600 m high above its base of older Wrangell lava, also erupted a significant volume of basaltic lava flows [2] ."Name Origin
Mount Gordon was named for a prospector who was in the area in 1899. F.C. Schrader, U.S. Geological Survey, reported the name in 1903 (Orth, 1971).
References Cited
[1] Quaternary volcanism in the Alaska Peninsula and Wrangell Mountains, Alaska, 1994
Miller, T. P., and Richter, D. H., 1994, Quaternary volcanism in the Alaska Peninsula and Wrangell Mountains, Alaska: in Plafker, George, Jones, D. L., and Berg, H. C., (eds.), The Geology of Alaska, Geological Society of America The Geology of North America series v. G-1, p. 759-779.[2] Geologic map of the Nabesna A-5 quadrangle, Alaska, 1976
Richter, D.H., and Smith, R.L., 1976, Geologic map of the Nabesna A-5 quadrangle, Alaska: US Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map 1292, 1 sheet, available at http://www.dggs.dnr.state.ak.us/pubs/pubs?reqtype=citation&ID=13027 .Loading Past Activity...
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Ashfall & Preparedness Information
- Ashfall impacts & preparedness (US Geological Survey)
- Volcanic health hazards & impacts (International Volcanic Health Hazards Network)
- Ash Alert! Pamphlet (AK Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Management)
- Volcanic Ashfall (AK Department of Environmental Conservation, Division of Air Quality)