Mount Gordon

Coordinates: 62°07′52″N 143°05′18″W / 62.1312°N 143.0883°W / 62.1312; -143.0883
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Mount Gordon
Mount Gordon
Highest point
Elevation9,040 ft (2,760 m)[1][2][3]
Prominence2,018 ft (615 m)[3]
ListingVolcanoes in the United States
Coordinates62°07′52″N 143°05′18″W / 62.1312°N 143.0883°W / 62.1312; -143.0883[2]
Geography
Mount Gordon is located in Alaska
Mount Gordon
Mount Gordon
Location in Alaska
Location
Rock age
Pleistocene[5]
Mountain typeCinder 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. ^ a b c Richter, Donald H.; Rosenkrans, Danny S.; Steigerwald, Margaret J. (1995). "Guide to the Volcanoes of the Western Wrangell Mountains, Alaska" (PDF). U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2072. U.S. Geological Survey. .
  2. ^ a b c "Gordon". Alaska Volcano Observatory. Retrieved 2025-04-19.
  3. ^ a b "Mount Gordon, Alaska". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2025-04-19.
  4. ^ a b "Mount Gordon". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2025-04-19.
  5. ^ a b c "Gordon". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2025-04-19.