Information About

Crater Peak

Quick Facts

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Location

61 ° 16' 9.001" N,
152 ° 14' 8.999" W

Region

Kenai Peninsula

Nearest City

Kenai

Parent

Tordrillo Mountains

Elevation

7438 ft (2267.1 m)

Crater Peak in Detail.

About

Located on Mount Spurr in the Tordrillo Mountains in the Alaska Range, 63 km (39 mi) NW of Tyonek, Alaska Range.

History

Named by S R Capps and R H Sargent, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), (in Smith and others 1930, pl. 3) "when they discovered and mapped the crater-like peak in 1927."

Topo Maps

Tyonek (1949), Tyonek (1949), Tyonek (1951), Tyonek (1958), Tyonek (1958), Tyonek (1958), Tyonek (1958), Tyonek (1958), Tyonek (1958), Tyonek B-6 (1958), Tyonek B-6 (1958), Tyonek B-6 SW (2017),

Places Near Crater Peak

Basins:

East Torbert Cirque, West Torbert Cirque,

Glaciers:

Barrier Glacier, Ch-atanalch-elt Li-a, Crater Glacier, Dogshead Glacier, Kidazqeni Glacier, McArthur Glacier, Pothole Glacier, Spurr Ice Plateau,

Mountains:

Ch-akajabena Mountain, Mount Chichantna, Crater Peak, Mount Nagishlamina, The Rowel, Mount Spurr, Mount Torbert,

Mountain Ranges:

Tordrillo Mountains,