Mount Moffett is a mountainous

stratovolcano A stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, is a conical volcano built up by many layers (strata) of hardened lava and tephra. Unlike shield volcanoes, stratovolcanoes are characterized by a steep profile with a summit crater and per ...

that forms the summit of

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of the

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in the

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. Its peak reaches . It is heavily glaciated and is made primarily of high alumina

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and

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. It has never had an eruption in

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. The southern flank of the mountain is assumed to be its youngest side. In comparison to other Aleutian stratovolcanoes, Moffett is a small vent, characteristic of its mixed composition. It was named by the U.S. Navy in 1936 for Rear Admiral

William Adger Moffett William Adger Moffett (October 31, 1869 – April 4, 1933) was an American admiral and Medal of Honor recipient known as the architect of naval aviation in the United States Navy. Biography Born October 31, 1869 in Charleston, South Carolina, ...

. It has occasionally been skied with there once being a ski-lift on the lower portion.

References

* * ;Footnotes {{DEFAULTSORT:Moffett, Mount Mountains of Alaska Stratovolcanoes of the United States Aleutian Range Volcanoes of Alaska Landforms of Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska Mountains of Unorganized Borough, Alaska Volcanoes of Unorganized Borough, Alaska Holocene stratovolcanoes