Black Peak (Chigmit Mountains)
| Black Peak | ||
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| height | 1946 m | |
| location | Alaska (USA) | |
| Mountains | Chigmit Mountains | |
| Dominance | 16.3 km → Double Peak | |
| Notch height | 1032 m ↓ (914 m) | |
| Coordinates | 60 ° 51 '11 " N , 152 ° 25' 26" W | |
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The Black Peak is a mountain in the Chigmit Mountains , a mountain range in the north of the Aleutian Range in Alaska , 155 km west-southwest of Anchorage .
The 1946 m high mountain is the highest point in the northernmost mountain range of the Chigmit Mountains. Below the southeast flank of Black Peak, the North Fork Big River flows in a northeastern direction. The west, north-east and south-east flanks of the mountain are glaciated . The next highest mountain is Double Peak, 16.3 km south-southwest . Geological surveys suggest that Black Peak is not of volcanic origin.
Web links
- Black Peak, Alaska on Peakbagger.com (English)
- Black Peak in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bruce L. Reed, Marvin A. Lanphere, Thomas P. Miller: Double Glacier Volcano, a new Quaternary volcano in the eastern Aleutian volcanic arc (PDF, 328 KB) Bulletin of Volcanology (1992) 54: 631-637. Retrieved December 23, 2017.