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Official Name: Trident Volcano
Type:Stratovolcano cluster
Most Recent Activity:February 1953
Seismically Monitored: Yes
Color Code:YELLOW
Alert Level:ADVISORY
Elevation: 3599 ft (1097 m)
Latitude: 58.2343° N
Longitude:155.1026° W
Quadrangle:Mt Katmai
CAVW Number:312160
Pronunciation: Sound file
Associated Features:Cerberus, Mt
Falling Mtn
Trident I
Southwest Trident
West Trident
East Trident
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
Anchorage 274 mi (441 km) NE
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."
REFERENCES CITED
[1]
Catalog of the historically active volcanoes of Alaska, 1998
citation imageMiller, 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.
Download PDF title page PDF : 52
Download PDF intro and TOC PDF : 268 KB
Download PDF eastern part - Wrangell to Ukinrek Maars PDF : 972 KB
Download PDF central part - Chiginagak to Cleveland PDF : 2,463 KB
Download PDF western part - Carlisle to Kiska PDF : 956 KB
Download PDF references PDF : 43 KB

[2]
New perspectives on the eruption on 1912 in the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, Katmai National Park, Alaska, 1987
citation imageHildreth, 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.

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