Mount Dutton

Mount Dutton
Mount Dutton lies 14 km (9 mi) north of the community of King Cove on the Alaska Peninsula
Highest point
Elevation	4,941 ft (1,506 m)
Listing	Mountain peaks of Alaska
Coordinates	55°10′05″N 162°16′19″W
Geography
Mount Dutton Location in Alaska
Interactive map of Mount Dutton
Location	Alaska Peninsula, Alaska, U.S.
Parent range	Aleutian Range
Geology
Mountain type	Stratovolcano
Volcanic arc	Aleutian Arc
Last eruption	Unknown

Mount Dutton is a stratovolcano in the Aleutian Range of the U.S. state of Alaska, on the Alaska Peninsula. It is also the crash site of a World Airways DC-8.

Geography

Dutton lies just short of 9 miles (14 km) from King Cove, a fishing headquarters for the locality.[1]

Geologic activity

Map showing volcanoes of Alaska Peninsula.

Dutton is a highly glaciated volcano. Its summit is composed of a series of lava domes which form a complex stratovolcano. The mountain's recent history is marked by at least avalanche which removed andesitic lava flows and several lava domes from the flank of its body and swiftly cascaded westward and southward towards Belkofski Bay.[1]

Between 1984 and 1985, a series of earthquake swarms took place in the volcano's vicinity. Another swarm took place in the summer of 1988.[1]

See also

• List of volcanoes in the United States

References

1. "Dutton". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved April 17, 2011.

Sources

• Volcanoes of the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands-Selected Photographs
• Alaska Volcano Observatory