{{Short description|Mountain in Alaska}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Mount Dutton | image = MountDutton.jpg | image_caption = Mount Dutton lies 14 km (9 mi) north of the community of King Cove on the Alaska Peninsula | map = Alaska | map_caption = Location in Alaska | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 8 | mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Mount Dutton | elevation_ft = 4941 | elevation_ref = | prominence = | listing = Mountain peaks of Alaska | location = Alaska Peninsula, Alaska, U.S. | range = Aleutian Range | coordinates = {{coord|55.168|N|162.272|W|format=dms|type:mountain_region:US|display=inline,title}} | topo = <!-- USGS McCarthy B-2 --> | formed_by = Subduction zone volcanism | age = | type = Stratovolcano | volcanic_arc = Aleutian Arc | last_eruption = Unknown | first_ascent = | easiest_route = }}
'''Mount Dutton''' is a stratovolcano in the Aleutian Range of the U.S. state of Alaska, on the Alaska Peninsula. It is also the crash site of a World Airways DC-8.
== Geography == Dutton lies just short of {{convert|9|mi|km|0|sp=us}} from King Cove, a fishing headquarters for the locality.<ref name="gvp">{{cite gvp|vn=312011|title=Dutton|publisher=Smithsonian Institution|work=Global Volcanism Program|accessdate=April 17, 2011}}</ref>
== Geologic activity == thumb|left|Map showing volcanoes of Alaska Peninsula. Dutton is a highly glaciated volcano. Its summit is composed of a series of lava domes which form a complex stratovolcano. The mountain's recent history is marked by at least avalanche which removed andesitic lava flows and several lava domes from the flank of its body and swiftly cascaded westward and southward towards Belkofski Bay.<ref name="gvp"/>
Between 1984 and 1985, a series of earthquake swarms took place in the volcano's vicinity. Another swarm took place in the summer of 1988.<ref name="gvp"/>
==See also== *List of volcanoes in the United States
== References == {{reflist}}
==Sources== * [https://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/dds/dds-40/ Volcanoes of the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands-Selected Photographs] * [http://www.avo.alaska.edu/volcanoes/volcinfo.php?volcname=Dutton Alaska Volcano Observatory]
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