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Mt. Igikpak
Mount Igikpak is a peak in the Schwatka Mountains of the western Brooks Range, Alaska, first ascended in 1968 by a party led by David Roberts.
Mt. Kimball
Mount Kimball is a ~10,300 ft (3,140 m) glaciated peak, the highest summit of the Delta Mountains subrange of the Alaska Range, Alaska, first climbed June 13, 1969 via the west ridge after eight failed attempts; distinct from Mount Kimballs in Colorado, Arizona, and British Columbia.
Mt. Lucania
Mount Lucania, a 5,226 m (17,150 ft) peak in the Saint Elias Mountains, Yukon, Canada; third-highest in Canada, first climbed 1937 by Bradford Washburn and Robert Bates after a famous glacier escape.
Mt. Marcus Baker
Mount Marcus Baker, formerly mislabeled Mt. St. Agnes, is Alaska's highest Chugach Mountains peak at 13,176 ft, with 10,726 ft prominence, 126-mile isolation, first climbed by Bradford Washburn in 1938.
Mt. Martha Black
Mount Martha Black, 2,512 m, is the highest peak of the Auriol Range in the Saint Elias Mountains, Kluane National Park, Yukon, Canada. Named for Martha Black, Canada's second female MP; name adopted 1980; route via Auriol Trail; 2023 landslide hazard.
Mt. Natazhat
Mount Natahat is a 435-foot peak in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. It is the region's highest point and a popular hiking destination in Franconia Notch.
Mt. Sanford
Mount Sanford is a 16,237 ft (4,949 m) andesitic shield volcano, Alaska's sixth highest peak, in the Wrangell Mountains of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park. Named by Lt. Henry T. Allen in 1885; first ascent 1938 by Moore and Washburn; no historical eruptions.
Mt. Tom White
Mount Tom White, an 11,191 ft (3,411 m) summit in Alaska's Chugach Mountains, GNIS ID 1411084, named for pioneer Tom White; prominence 7,591 ft, isolation 72 mi, in Chugach National Forest.
Mt. Torbert
Mount Torbert is an 11,413 ft (3,479 m) glaciated peak, highest point of the Tordrillo Mountains in south-central Alaska near Anchorage; not a volcano despite 1953 eruption misreports; first climbed in 1964.
Mt. Vancouver
Mount Vancouver (4,812 m) is the 15th highest peak in North America, a glaciated Saint Elias Mountains massif on the Yukon-Alaska border in Kluane and Glacier Bay national parks, first ascended July 5, 1949; its lower south summit is Good Neighbor Peak, Boundary Peak 181.
Mt. Veniaminof
Mount Veniaminof, an active andesitic stratovolcano with an ice-filled 8 x 11 km summit caldera on the Alaska Peninsula, 775 km southwest of Anchorage; 2507 m rim, at least 14 eruptions in 200 years, most recent 2021.
North Buttress, Mt. Hesperus
North Buttress is an alternate name for Mount Hesperus, Alaska, a 9,828-ft Revelation Mountains peak, Bethel County high point, first climbed May 2, 1985 via the Southwest Face by Lesueur, Swanson, and Spalding; climbed only once.
Pavlof
Pavlof Volcano (GVP 312030), a 2,518 m stratovolcano on the Alaska Peninsula, is the most frequently active Aleutian arc volcano, with 40+ eruptions since the early 1800s, six between 2007 and 2022, and the latest ending 7 December 2022.
Pavlof Sister
Pavlof Sister is a 2,142-m symmetrical stratovolcano on the Alaska Peninsula, twin of Pavlof 5 km away, with one disputed historical eruption (1762-1786, VEI 4) and no confirmed Holocene eruptions.
Pogromni Volcano
Pogromni Volcano (Sopka Pogromnaya) is a 2,002 m tholeiitic-basalt stratovolcano on southwest Unimak Island, Alaska. Eruptions once attributed to it (1795, 1827, 1830) are now assigned to Westdahl; it shows no historical activity and is not seismically monitored.
Pt. 8,010
Pt. 8,010, or Dewey Peak, is an 8,010-foot ultra-prominent summit in Alaska's Chugach Mountains on the Copper River within Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, first climbed and skied in March 2019 by Ryan Hokanson's party.
Pt. 8,084
Pt. 8,084 (Peak 8084) is an elevation-based designation most commonly applied to De Long Peak, an 8,084-foot (2,464 m) ultra-prominent summit in Alaska's Chugach Mountains; the number also identifies summits in Idaho and the Alaska Range.
Recheschnoi
Recheschnoi (Mount Recheshnoi) is a 1,984-m glaciated Holocene stratovolcano on Umnak Island in the Aleutians, Alaska, east of Vsevidof, with no historic eruptions and Alaska's only known geysers at Geyser Bight.
Roundtop
Roundtop (Roundtop Mountain) is an eroded, glaciated stratovolcano on Unimak Island, Alaska, 13 km from False Pass; 1,871 m high, with a VEI 5 caldera-forming eruption around 7600 BCE and no historical eruptions.
Shishaldin
Shishaldin (Sisquk, Agajedan) is a 2,857 m symmetrical basaltic stratovolcano on Unimak Island in the eastern Aleutians, Alaska's Aleutian arc's highest peak, one of its most active volcanoes, with major eruptions in 1999, 2019-2020, and 2023.
Snow Tower
Snow Tower is a 6,572-foot summit in the Coast Range east of Juneau, Alaska (GNIS 1409827), first climbed June 8, 2015 by William Wacker and Mike Miller via the east face to east ridge.
Snowy Mountain
Snowy Mountain (Alaska) is a pair of glaciated andesite-dacite stratovolcanoes 15 km NE of Mount Katmai in Katmai National Park, 2,161 m high, with a Holocene debris avalanche, lava dome, and fumarolic, GREEN/NORMAL status.
Sovereign Mtn.
Sovereign Mountain (K'dalkitnu Dghelaya, Mount Sentry) is the 8,849-foot high point of the Talkeetna Mountains in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, South-Central Alaska, with 5,849 feet of prominence and 43.9 miles of isolation.
Spurr
Mount Spurr is a 3,374 m glaciated stratovolcano 126 km northwest of Anchorage, Alaska, whose Crater Peak vent erupted explosively in 1953 and three times in 1992; unrest in 2024-2025 ended without eruption.
Steller
Mount Steller is a 2,272 m glaciated Holocene-active stratovolcano in Katmai National Park, Alaska, between Denison and Kukak volcanoes; unmonitored, no historical eruptions, named 1928 for naturalist Georg Wilhelm Steller.
Stepovak Bay Group
Stepovak Bay Group: volcanic field of four Quaternary vents (Stepovak Bay 1-4) on the western Alaska Peninsula, SW of Kupreanof volcano; tholeiitic andesite, Holocene flows, GVP number 312055.
Tanaga
Tanaga Volcano (VNUM 311080), 1,806 m stratovolcano on Tanaga Island, Alaska, central peak of the Sajaka-Tanaga-Takawangha cluster; last erupted 1914; monitored by AVO; main hazard is ash to aircraft.
Vsevidof
Mount Vsevidof is a symmetrical Holocene stratovolcano on Umnak Island in Alaska's Aleutian arc, 2,160 m high, with an ice-filled 1.2 km summit crater; last confirmed eruption 1878, unmonitored, moderate threat.
Wrangell
Mount Wrangell is a 4,317 m andesitic shield volcano in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Alaska, the only active volcano in the Wrangell volcanic field, with an ice-filled summit caldera, fumaroles, and steam plumes but no confirmed historical eruptions.