Roundtop - Introduction

Roundtop Mountain description and information

Location

Facts

Official Name:	Roundtop Mountain
Type:	Stratovolcano
Most Recent Activity:
Seismically Monitored:	No
Elevation:	6138 ft (1871 m)
Latitude:	54.7992° N
Longitude:	163.5914° W
Quadrangle:	False Pass
CAVW Number:	1101-38-
Pronunciation:	Sound file
Nearby towns:	False Pass 8 mi (13 km) NE Cold Bay 43 mi (70 km) NE Pauloff Harbor 43 mi (69 km) SE King Cove 54 mi (87 km) NE Anchorage 667 mi (1073 km) NE

Description

From Wood and Kienle (1990): "Roundtop is an eroded and glaciated stratovolcano, located ~13 km southwest of the village of False Pass. In the 1930's warm springs were found on its slopes. Recent field study indicates the presence of Holocene pyroclastic flows and a group of domes south of Roundtop, as well as a thick silicic pre-Holocene flow."

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