Devil Mountain (Alaska)
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Devil Mountain (Iñupiaq: Iġġiasaaq) is a small shield volcano in the U.S. state of Alaska, located 5 mi (8.0 km) south of the Devil Mountain Lakes and 53 mi (85 km) northwest of Deering. It has an elevation of 794 ft (242 m) or 797 ft (243 m).[1][2]
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Devil Mountain | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 794 ft (242 m)[1] |
Coordinates | 66°17′45″N 164°31′28″W[1] |
Geology | |
Mountain type | Shield volcano |
Last eruption | Pleistocene |
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The mountain is part of the Espenberg volcanic field, a group of Pleistocene maars and shield volcanoes at the northern tip of the Seward Peninsula just south of the Arctic Circle.[2]
Devil Mountain was named Teufelsberg by Lieutenant Otto von Kotzebue in 1816, which means Devils Mountain in the German language.[1]