Mount Griggs
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| Mount Griggs | |
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 NW view from west rim of Katmai caldera, July 1990 |
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| Elevation | 7,602 feet (2,317 metres) |
| Location | Alaska, USA |
| Range | Aleutian Range |
| Prominence | 7,300 ft (2,225 m) |
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| Topo map | USGS Mount Katmai B-4 |
| Type | Stratovolcano |
| Last eruption | Unknown |
Mount Griggs, formerly known as Knife Peak Volcano, is a stratovolcano, which lies 10 km behind the volcanic arc defined by other Katmai group volcanoes. Although no historic eruptions have been reported from Mount Griggs, vigorously active fumaroles persist in a summit crater and along the upper southwest flank. The fumaroles on the southwest flank are the hottest, and some of the flank fumaroles can roar so loudly that they can be heard from the valley floor. The slopes of Mount Griggs are heavily mantled by fallout from the 1912 eruption of Novarupta volcano.
The mountain was named for Dr. Robert Fisk Griggs (1881-1962), botanist, whose explorations of the area, after the eruption of Mount Katmai in 1912, led to the creation of Katmai National Monument by President Woodrow Wilson in 1918.
