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| State | Alaska |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 14,163 ft (4,317 m) |
| Prominence | 5,614 ft (1,711 m) — an ultra-prominent peak |
| Range | Wrangell Mountains |
| Protected area | Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve |
Source: Wikidata Q185847 (elevation, prominence, range, protected area, first ascent).
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.
Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Straight-line distance between Wikidata summit coordinates.
Wikidata Q185847; Wikipedia; Wikimedia Commons; state from U.S. Census Bureau 2023 cartographic boundaries. Always check current conditions and land-manager rules before you go.
