{{Short description|Volcano in Alaska, United States}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Atna Peaks | image = MtBlackburn-AtnaPeaks-ParkaPeak.jpg | image_caption = The [[Nabesna Glacier]], with [[Mount Blackburn]] at right; Atna Peaks is the [[twin summit]] left of center and Parka Peak is the icy summit at left | map = Alaska | map_caption = Location in Alaska | elevation_ft = 13860 | elevation_ref = | prominence_ft = 2160 | prominence_ref = | isolation_mi =3.7 | listing = {{unbulleted list |[[List of the highest major summits of North America|North America highest peaks]] 68th |[[List of the highest major summits of the United States|US highest major peaks]] 51st |[[List of the highest major summits of Alaska|Alaska highest major peaks]] 15th }} | location = [[Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska]], U.S. | range = [[Wrangell Mountains]] | coordinates = {{coord|61|44|58|N|143|14|23|W|type:mountain_region:US|display=inline,title}} | topo = [[United States Geological Survey|USGS]] McCarthy C-6 | type = Eroded [[stratovolcano]] or [[shield volcano]] | age = | last_eruption = Unknown | first_ascent = Alex Bittenbinder, Don Stockard, and Vin Hoeman, 1965<ref name=aaj>{{cite journal|title=Club Activities: Mountaineering Club of Alaska |journal=[[American Alpine Journal]] |volume=15 |issue=40 |pages=225 |publisher=[[American Alpine Club]] |year=1966 |url=http://www.americanalpineclub.org/AAJO/pdfs/1966/clubactivities1966_218-227.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927212615/http://www.americanalpineclub.org/AAJO/pdfs/1966/clubactivities1966_218-227.pdf |archive-date=September 27, 2007 }}</ref> | easiest_route = [[glacier]] climb }}
'''Atna Peaks''' is an eroded [[stratovolcano]] or [[shield volcano]] in the [[Wrangell Mountains]] of eastern [[Alaska]]. It is located in [[Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve|Wrangell–Saint Elias National Park]] about {{convert|6|mi}} east of [[Mount Blackburn]], the second-highest [[volcano]] in the United States, and just south of the massive [[Nabesna Glacier]]. The mountain is almost entirely covered in [[glacier]]s, so no geological studies have been done, but published references state and the geological map shows that the mountain is an old eroded volcanic edifice.
The mountain's main summit is {{convert|13860|ft|0}}, making it the second-highest [[thirteener]] (a peak between 13,000 and 13,999 feet in elevation) in Alaska. The second summit is located about {{convert|0.6|mi}} to the east, reaching over {{convert|13600|ft}}, and another named summit, {{convert|13280|ft|0|abbr=on}} '''Parka Peak''', is about {{convert|1.6|mi}} further east across a glacier-covered saddle. The steep rocky south faces of these three peaks form part of the [[cirque]] of the [[Kennicott Glacier]], which flows southeast over {{convert|20|mi|0|abbr=on}} to just above the town of [[McCarthy, Alaska|McCarthy]].
Atna Peaks was named in 1965 by the first ascent party from the [[Mountaineering Club of Alaska]], because the "peaks are at the edge of the [[Copper River (Alaska)|Copper River]] drainage and the old Indian name for that river was Atna."<ref>{{cite web | title = USGS Geographic Names Information System: Atna Peaks | url= {{Gnis3|1398451}} | access-date = 2007-03-07 }}</ref> __NOTOC__ ==Gallery== <gallery> Parka Peak reflection.jpg|Looking north at Parka Peak centered with Atna Peaks to left reflected in a lake near [[Donoho Peak]] </gallery>
==See also== {{portal|North America|United States|Alaska|Mountains|Volcanoes}} *[[List of mountain peaks of North America]] **[[List of mountain peaks of the United States]] ***[[List of mountain peaks of Alaska]] *[[List of volcanoes in the United States]]
==References== {{reflist}} ;Sources * {{cite book | last = Richter | first = Donald H. |author2=Danny S. Rosenkrans |author3=Margaret J. Steigerwald | title = Guide to the Volcanoes of the Western Wrangell Mountains, Alaska | publisher = [[USGS]] Bulletin 2072 | year = 1995 | url = http://www.nps.gov/wrst/naturescience/guide-to-the-wrangell-volcanoes.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070829160558/http://www.nps.gov/wrst/naturescience/guide-to-the-wrangell-volcanoes.htm | url-status = dead | archive-date = August 29, 2007 }} * {{cite book | last = Winkler | first = Gary R. | title = A Geologic Guide to Wrangell—Saint Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska: A Tectonic Collage of Northbound Terranes | publisher = [[USGS]] Professional Paper 1616 | year = 2000 | isbn = 0-607-92676-7 | url = https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1616/ }} * {{cite book | last = Richter | first = Donald H. |author2=Cindi C. Preller |author3=Keith A. Labay |author4=Nora B. Shew | title = Geologic Map of the Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska | publisher = [[USGS]] Scientific Investigations Map 2877 | year = 2006 | url = https://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/2006/2877/ }}
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