Cerberus, Mt
Facts
- Official Name: Mount Cerberus
- Seismically Monitored: No
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- Elevation: 1098m (3602ft)
- Latitude: 58.24546
- Longitude: -155.20154
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Nearby Towns:
- Karluk 54 mi (87 km) SE
- Kanatak 56 mi (90 km) SW
- King Salmon 61 mi (98 km) NW
- Larsen Bay 66 mi (107 km) SE
- Naknek 73 mi (118 km) NW
Distance from Anchorage: 276 mi (444 km)
Description
From Wood and Kienle (1990) [1] : "Falling Mountain and Mount Cerberus are the twin domes of pyroxene dacite (64% SiO2) that frame the entrance to Katmai Pass. They are similar in volume (each 0.25 cubic km), composition, lithology, and weathering. Although undated, they are thought to be of early Holocene age because their carapaces are degraded but not significantly glaciated. The two domes are compositionally similar (but not identical) to 1912 dacite. Together with the rhyolitic Novarupta dome, they define a 3-km-long line parallel to, but 4 km behind, the volcanic front."Name Origin
R.F. Griggs named Mount Cerberus in 1917, writing that it was descriptive of Mount Cerberus "being the [three-headed] watchdog guarding Hades [Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes]" (Orth, 1971).