Trader Mtn
Facts
- Seismically Monitored: No
- Color Code: UNASSIGNED
- Alert Level: UNASSIGNED
- Elevation: 802m (2631ft)
- Latitude: 55.56377
- Longitude: -161.94523
- Smithsonian VNum:
- Pronunciation:
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Nearby Towns:
- Belkofski 32 mi (52 km) SW
- King Cove 38 mi (60 km) SW
- Cold Bay 40 mi (65 km) SW
- Nelson Lagoon 42 mi (67 km) NE
- Sand Point 59 mi (95 km) SE
Description
Trader Mountain is a small dacitic stratocone-like feature with an extrusive dome; lava flows dip away from the center in all directions (Chris Nye, oral commun., 2007). Wilson and others (1995) [1] alternatively describe Trader Mountain as a hypabyssal dacite plug, and report a "potassium-argon age of 0.98+/- 0.05 Ma (F.H. Wilson and Nora Shew, unpub. data, 1988)."Name Origin
"Trader Mountain" is a local name reproted by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1929. It may be named after the nearby Traders Cove (Orth, 1971).