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Dutton

Type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
1465m
Last eruption
Unknown
Mount Dutton near the tip of the Alaska Peninsula is seen here from the NE. Successive lava domes overlying lava flows form the summit. Dome and flank collapse during the Holocene produced debris avalanche that traveled to the west and also reached Belkofski Bay to the south.
Mount Dutton near the tip of the Alaska Peninsula is seen here from the NE. Successive lava domes overlying lava flows form the summit. Dome and flank collapse during the Holocene produced debris avalanche that traveled to the west and also reached Belkofski Bay to the south. · Photo: Photo by Betsy Yount (Alaska Volcano Observatory, U.S. Geological Survey).
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
United States
Region
North America / Aleutian Ridge Volcanic Arc
Elevation
1465m
Coordinates
55.183, -162.276
Last eruption
Unknown
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic andesite

Geological summary

The Mount Dutton volcanic center east of Cold Bay near the tip of the Alaska Peninsula consists of a glacier-covered central lava dome complex.

Excerpt from the Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution · Read the full summary on GVP →

Eruption history

Glossary

Detailed timeline

No eruption records available.

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