Trident Volcano is an eroded volcanic complex consisting of numerous domes (up to 23), as high as 6,115 feet (1,864 m) in elevation, along a northeast-southwest oriented volcanic front on the Pacific Ocean side of the Alaska Peninsula. A new dome was emplaced beginning in 1953 at an altitude of 3,599 feet (1,097 m) in an amphitheater on the southwest flank of the southwest peak.
According to the United States Geological Survey, the descriptive name, Trident, was given by Robert Fiske Griggs of the National Geographic Society, in 1916, because there were three major peaks. The volcano has been known by several variants of the name. The feature was officially named Mount Trident by the United States Board on Geographic Names in 1928. The board assigned the current name in 1968.
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