Trident
Facts
- Official Name: Trident Volcano
- Seismically Monitored: Yes
- Color Code: GREEN
- Alert Level: NORMAL
- Elevation: 1864m (6115ft)
- Latitude: 58.2343
- Longitude: -155.1026
- Smithsonian VNum: 312160
- Pronunciation:
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Nearby Towns:
- Karluk 52 mi (83 km) SE
- Kanatak 57 mi (92 km) SW
- Larsen Bay 63 mi (102 km) SE
- King Salmon 64 mi (104 km) NW
- Bristol Bay Borough 76 mi (123 km) NW
Distance from Anchorage: 274 mi (441 km)
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Subfeatures:
- Cerberus, Mt
- Falling Mtn
- Trident I
- Southwest Trident
- West Trident
- East Trident
Description
From Miller and others (1998) [1] : "Trident is an eroded volcanic complex consisting of three stratovolcanoes and numerous domes, as high as 1864 m in elevation, along a northeast-southwest oriented volcanic front on the Alaska Peninsula [2] . A new fragmental cone was built beginning in 1953 at an altitude of 1097 m in an amphitheater on the southwest flank of the southwest peak."Name Origin
"Trident Volcano" is a descriptive name given by R.F. Griggs in 1916, because of its three prominent peaks (Orth, 1971).
References Cited
[1] Catalog of the historically active volcanoes of Alaska, 1998
Miller, T. P., McGimsey, R. G., Richter, D. H., Riehle, J. R., Nye, C. J., Yount, M. E., and Dumoulin, J. A., 1998, Catalog of the historically active volcanoes of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-0582, 104 p.
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references PDF 43 KB [2] New perspectives on the eruption on 1912 in the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, Katmai National Park, Alaska, 1987
Hildreth, Wes, 1987, New perspectives on the eruption on 1912 in the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, Katmai National Park, Alaska: Bulletin of Volcanology, v. 49, n. 5, p. 680-693.Current Activity
No new updates for Trident volcano since January 10, 2024, 11:04 am.
