Mount Gordon

Mountain in Alaska, United States

Mount Gordon is a cinder cone in the Wrangell Mountains of eastern Alaska, United States, located between Nabesna Glacier and the stratovolcano Mount Drum.[1] It is the most prominent of a group of Pleistocene and Holocene cinder cones, most of which are less than 100 m (328 ft) high. The exact age of Mount Gordon remains unknown.

Mount Gordon
Mount Gordon
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Highest point
Elevation2,755 m (9,039 ft)
Prominence625 m (2,051 ft)
ListingList of volcanoes in the United States of America
Coordinates62°08′N 143°48′W / 62.13°N 143.8°W / 62.13; -143.8
Geography
LocationValdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, United States
Parent rangeWrangell Mountains
Geology
Age of rockPleistocene
Mountain typeCinder cone

References

  1. ^ "Gordon". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.