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Mount Spurr (Hatay Mountain)  Alaska . Value: 14
Height: 3374 m (11070 ft) Prominence: 585 m  
Line Parent: Mount Torbert(15 km away, at bearing 325 degrees)
Location: 61:17:56-152:15:15   61.29889-152.25417   5V 539959 6796308     NAD27: 5V 539960 6796104
Name Status: Official
Ranges: Alaska Ranges
Regions: Alaska Yukon / Southwest Alaska / Torbert

Spurr - Caldera Melt Pit I
This peak is #76 on the Height List for Alaska . Located 15km SE of Mount Torbert and directly NW of the E end of Chakachamna Lake. A heavily glaciated volcano with several summits whose Glacier capped caldera collapsed in 2005 due to increased activity. There are several smaller tongue glaciers draining the mountain but most of the ice drains NE towards the Capps Glacier.

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16 Spurr - Caldera Melt Pit II Kevin Altheim
11 Spurr - Caldera Melt Pit I Kevin Altheim
9 Spurr from the South Kevin Altheim
7 Spurr and Capps Glacier Kevin Altheim
5 Spurr from the Northeast Kevin Altheim
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