Mount Martin (Alaska) Explained

Mount Martin
Elevation Ft:6,112
Elevation Ref:[1]
Prominence Ft:1377
Map:Alaska
Map Size:270
Location:Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska, USA
Range:Aleutian Range
Coordinates:58.1692°N -155.3567°W
Topo:USGS Mount Katmai A-5
Type:Stratovolcano
Age:Holocene
Volcanic Arc/Belt:Aleutian Arc
Last Eruption:Unknown[2]

Mount Martin is a stratovolcano, located on the Alaska Peninsula, United States, in Katmai National Park and Preserve. It is one of the volcanoes in the vicinity of the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes. Mount Martin's cone stands only about 500m (1,600feet) higher than the surrounding ridge.[3] Although an eruption in 1953 is now considered questionable and no other confirmed eruptive activity has taken place at Mount Martin, there is intense fumarolic activity within its summit crater. The summit crater is also breached to the southeast. The 300 m (984 ft)-wide summit crater is often ice-free due to the geothermal heat and contains an intermittent acidic crater lake. The fumaroles in the summit crater produce extensive sulfur deposits.[4]

Mount Martin is relatively young, perched on a ridge and partly overlaying deposits from nearby Alagogshak volcanic edifice.[4]

The volcano is named for George C. Martin, who was the first person to visit the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes after the 1912 eruption of Novarupta.

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Notes and References

  1. 23208. Mount Martin. 2019-02-11.
  2. Web site: Martin Historic Eruptions . 2023-03-13 . . University of Alaska System.
  3. Hildreth . Wes . Wes Hildreth . Fierstein . Judy . 2003 . Geologic Map of the Katmai Volcanic Cluster, Katmai National Park, Alaska . U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Investigations Series Map I-2778 . .
  4. Web site: Martin . 2023-03-13 . . University of Alaska System.