Earth:Mount Gordon
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Short description: Mountain in Alaska, United States
| Mount Gordon | |
|---|---|
 Mount Gordon | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 9,040 ft (2,760 m) [1][2][3] |
| Prominence | 2,018 ft (615 m) [3] |
| Listing | Volcanoes in the United States |
| Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] : 62°07′52″N 143°05′18″W / 62.1312°N 143.0883°W [2] |
| Geography | |
  Mount Gordon Location in Alaska | |
| Location | Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, United States |
| Parent range | Wrangell Mountains[1] |
| Topo map | USGS Nabesna A-5 NE[4] |
| Geology | |
| Age of rock | Pleistocene[5] |
| Mountain type | Cinder cone[1][5] |
Mount Gordon is a cinder cone in the Wrangell Mountains of eastern Alaska, United States, located between Nabesna Glacier and the stratovolcano Mount Drum.[5] It is the most prominent of a group of Pleistocene and Holocene cinder cones, most of which are less than 100 m (330 ft) high. The exact age of Mount Gordon remains unknown. The mountain was named after a local prospector who was in the area in 1899.[2][4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Richter, Donald H.; Rosenkrans, Danny S.; Steigerwald, Margaret J. (1995). "Guide to the Volcanoes of the Western Wrangell Mountains, Alaska". U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin (U.S. Geological Survey) 2072. doi:10.3133/b2072. https://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/2072/report.pdf.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Gordon". Alaska Volcano Observatory. https://avo.alaska.edu/volcano/gordon.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Mount Gordon, Alaska". http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=429.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Mount Gordon". United States Geological Survey. https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1402803.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Gordon". Smithsonian Institution. https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=315021.
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