Editing Aleutian Range

{{Short description|Mountain range in the state of Alaska}}
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| photo=AKPen4.jpg
| photo_caption=Alaska Peninsula, Peulik Volcano and Ukinrek Maars
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| country=United States
| state=Alaska
| border=Tordrillo Mountains
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| highest=[[Mount Redoubt (Alaska)|Mount Redoubt]]
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| map_caption=Map showing volcanoes on the Alaska Peninsula
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The '''Aleutian Range''' is a major [[mountain range]] located in southwest [[Alaska]]. It extends from [[Chakachamna Lake]] (80 miles/130&nbsp;km southwest of Anchorage) to [[Unimak Island]], which is at the tip of the [[Alaska Peninsula]]. It includes all of the mountains of the Peninsula. The Aleutian Range is special because of its large number of active [[volcano]]es, which are also part of the larger [[Aleutian Arc]]. The mainland part of the range is about 600 miles (1000&nbsp;km) long. The [[Aleutian Islands]] are (geologically) a partially submerged western extension of the range that stretches for another 1,600&nbsp;km (1000&nbsp;mi). However the official designation "Aleutian Range" includes only the mainland peaks and the peaks on Unimak Island. The range is almost entirely roadless [[wilderness]]. [[Katmai National Park and Preserve]], a large national park within the range, must be reached by boat or plane.

The core Aleutian Range can be divided into three mountain groups. Listed from southwest to northeast, they are:

* Mountains of the [[Alaska Peninsula]] and [[Unimak Island]]
* [[Chigmit Mountains]]
* [[Neacola Mountains]]

See [[Aleutian Islands]] for the continuation of the range to the west of Unimak Island. Just to the north of the Aleutian Range are the [[Tordrillo Mountains]], the southeasternmost extent of the [[Alaska Range]].<ref name=USGS>{{cite web|title=GNIS Detail – Tordrillo Mountains|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=132:3:3623254725243815::NO::P3_FID,P3_TITLE:1890403%2CTordrillo%20Mountains|access-date=21 November 2012}}</ref>

Selected mountains:
* [[Mount Redoubt (Alaska)|Mount Redoubt]] (3,108 m), [[Chigmit Mountains]]
* [[Iliamna Volcano]] (3,054 m), [[Chigmit Mountains]]
* [[Mount Neacola]], (2,873 m), [[Neacola Mountains]]
* [[Mount Shishaldin]] (2,857 m), [[Unimak Island]]
* [[Mount Pavlof]] (2,715 m), [[Alaska Peninsula]]
* [[Mount Veniaminof]] (2,508 m), [[Alaska Peninsula]]
* [[Isanotski Peaks]] (2,446 m), [[Unimak Island]]
* [[Mount Denison]] (2,318 m), [[Alaska Peninsula]]
* [[Mount Griggs]], (2,317+ m), [[Alaska Peninsula]]
* [[Mount Douglas (Alaska)|Mount Douglas]] (2,153 m), [[Alaska Peninsula]]
* [[Mount Chiginagak]] (2,134 m), [[Alaska Peninsula]]
* [[Double Peak (Alaska)|Double Peak]] (2,078 m), [[Chigmit Mountains]]
* [[Mount Katmai]] (2,047 m), [[Alaska Peninsula]]
* [[Pogromni Volcano]] (2,002 m), [[Unimak Island]]

== Volcanic eruptions ==
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Two volcanoes erupted during the summer of 2008 on the eastern Aleutian Islands. On July 12, 2008, Mount Okmok erupted, and it continued to erupt for a month. A giant, rapidly moving ash and gas cloud shot up to a height of 15,240 m as a result of this eruption.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080720093810.htm|title=Explosive Eruption of Okmok Volcano in Alaska|date=21 July 2008|website=Science Daily|access-date=14 September 2016}}</ref>

Mount Kasatochi was home to the other eruption, which occurred on August 7 and 8. This eruption also sent up a gas cloud about 15,000 high. Together, these two power volcanic eruptions deposited emissions of trace gases an aerosols into the atmosphere. These emissions formed a sulfate aerosol layer that totaled a transfer of 1.6 Tg of SO<sub>2</sub> into the stratosphere and disturbed flights over this area for a short period following the eruptions.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Schmale|last2=Schneider|last3=Jurkat|date=January 27, 2010|title=Aerosol layers from the 2008 eruptions of Mount Okmok and Mount Kasatochi; in situ upper troposphere and lower stratosphere measurements of sulfate and organics over Europe|journal=Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres|volume=115|issue=D2|pages=D00L07|doi=10.1029/2009jd013628|bibcode=2010JGRD..115.0L07S|url=https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00518065/file/Schmale_et_al-2010-Journal_of_Geophysical_Research__Solid_Earth_%281978-2012%29.pdf}}</ref>

== Earthquakes ==
The 7.9 [[Moment magnitude scale|Mw]] [[2014 Aleutian Islands earthquake|Aleutian Islands earthquake]] occurred in June 2014 at an [[Depth of focus (tectonics)|intermediate depth]] of 107&nbsp;km.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iris.edu/hq/files/programs/education_and_outreach/retm/tm_140623_aleutian/140623_Aleutian.pdf|title=Magnitude 7.9 ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA|date=June 23, 2014|publisher=IRIS Consortium|access-date=October 22, 2016}}</ref> The quake was caused by oblique normal faulting along the [[Aleutian Trench]], a convergent boundary where the Pacific plate is subducting underneath the North American plate at around 59&nbsp;mm/year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/poster/2014/20140623.php|title=Poster of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska Earthquake of 23 June 2014 – Magnitude 7.9|date=June 24, 2014|access-date=October 22, 2016}}</ref>

==See also ==
*[[List of earthquakes in Alaska]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Gnis|1893258|Aleutian Range}}

[[Category:Aleutian Range| ]]
[[Category:Mountains of Aleutians East Borough, Alaska]]
[[Category:Mountains of Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska]]
[[Category:Mountains of Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska]]
[[Category:Mountains of Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska]]
[[Category:Volcanic arcs]]