⛰️ Mount Wrangell
United States · Americas · 4,317 m · 62.01°N, 144.02°W
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Mount Wrangell, is a massive shield volcano located in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve in southeastern Alaska, United States. The shield rises over 12,000 feet (3,700 m) above the Copper River to its southwest. Its volume is over 220 cubic miles (920 km3), making it more than twice as massive as Mount Shasta in California, the largest stratovolcano by volume in the Cascades. It is part of the Wrangell Mountains as well as the Wrangell Volcanic Field, which extends for more than 250 kilometers (160 mi) across Southcentral Alaska into the Yukon Territory in Canada, and has an eruptive history spanning the time from Pleistocene to Holocene.
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Quick facts
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| Continent / region | Americas |
| Elevation | 4,317 m above sea level |
| Coordinates (approx.) | 62.01°N, 144.02°W · view on map |
Mount Wrangell rises to 4,317 m in United States, in Americas. The full story of this mountain is described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).
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