Mount Griggs

View from the northwest ( from Mount Katmai from )

Mount Griggs is a 2317 m high stratovolcano of the Aleutian Island chain on the Alaska Peninsula. It is located in Katmai National Park on the northeastern edge of the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes and within sight of Mount Katmai.

Although there is no historical record of eruptions, testify active fumaroles in the crater and the upper southwest flank of volcanic activity. The roar of the steam outlet points can be partially seen yet on the valley floor. The slopes of the volcano are covered by pyroclastic material was erupted from 1912 Novarupta.

The volcano is named after Robert Fisk Griggs (1881-1962), a botanist whose research led to the establishment of Katmai National Park by President Woodrow Wilson after the outbreak of 1912.