Devils Desk
Facts
- Official Name: Devils Desk
- Seismically Monitored: No
- Color Code: UNASSIGNED
- Alert Level: UNASSIGNED
- Elevation: 1954m (6410ft)
- Latitude: 58.4753
- Longitude: -154.3001
- Smithsonian VNum:
- Pronunciation:
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Nearby Towns:
- Aleneva 60 mi (96 km) SE
- Port William 62 mi (100 km) NE
- Karluk 63 mi (101 km) SW
- Afognak 64 mi (104 km) SE
- Larsen Bay 66 mi (106 km) SE
Distance from Anchorage: 243 mi (392 km)
Description
From Wood and Kienle (1990) [1] : "Devils Desk is a volcanic neck of a former stratovolcano now completely surrounded by Hook Glacier. Total relief from the top of Hook Glacier to the top of Devils Desk is ~450 m. Extensive erosion has removed most of the stratovolcano. Three radial dikes (now exposed as ridges) extend outward from the Desk toward the east." Hildreth and others (2003) [2] dated a block of lava from the southwest face of Devils Desk at 245 +/- 42 ka.Name Origin
R.H. Sargent named Devils Desk in 1924 (Orth, 1971).