Mount Aniakchak
Mount Aniakchak is a volcano on the western Alaska Peninsula. Part of the Aleutian Volcanic Arc, it was formed by the subduction of the oceanic Pacific Plate under the North American Plate.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Crater
- Description: caldera in Alaska
- Also known as: “Aniakchak I”, “Aniakchak I volcano”, “Aniakchak II”, “Aniakchak II volcano”, and “Aniakchak volcano”
Mount Aniakchak
- Categories: caldera, stratovolcano, volcanic crater, and landform
- Location: Lake and Peninsula, Alaska, United States, North America
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Latitude
56.90722° or 56° 54′ 26″ north
Longitude
-158.14889° or 158° 8′ 56″ west
Elevation
1,355 feet (413 metres)
Open location code
9383WV42+VC
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“Mount Aniakchak” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Aniakchak mendia”
- Catalan: “mont Aniakchak”
- Catalan: “Mont Aniakchak”
- Cebuano: “Aniakchak Crater”
- Chinese: “阿尼亚查克火山”
- Czech: “Aniakchak”
- Dutch: “Mount Aniakchak”
- Esperanto: “Aniakchak”
- French: “mont Aniakchak”
- French: “Mont Aniakchak”
- Georgian: “ანიაკჩაკის მთა”
- German: “Mount Aniakchak”
- Japanese: “アニアクチャク山”
- Korean: “아니아크착산”
- Malay: “Gunung Berapi Aniakchak”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mount Aniakchak”
- Norwegian: “Mount Aniakchak”
- Romanian: “Munții Aniakchak”
- Russian: “Аниакчак”
- Russian: “Маунт Аниакчак”
- Spanish: “Monte Aniakchak”
- Ukrainian: “Аніакчак (гора)”
- Ukrainian: “Аніакчак”
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Places to explore: Aniakchak National Monument and Cinder River.
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Highlights: Aniakchak National Monument and Vent Mountain.
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