Katmai National Park

Katmai National Park was started in 1918 in southern Alaska, United States. It protects the region surrounding Mount Katmai and the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, which is an area of lava flows and ash created by a huge volcano eruption. The volcano is still active today. The park has salmon and thousands of brown bears. The Katmai National Park includes a tundra, forests, lakes and mountains.

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Katmai National Park Media

3D image of the park created via Landsat data overlaid on a digital elevation model
Fourpeaked Mountain and Mount Douglas
Novarupta
Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes
The multiple peaks of Trident Volcano as viewed from the top of Baked Mountain in the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, Alaska. Trident Volcano is composed of a cluster of andesite and dacite cones and is the only Katmai group volcano other than Katmai and Novarupta to have had historical activity. The Novarupta lava dome is visible at bottom, center.
A brown bear in Hallo Bay, Katmai National Park, Alaska
Grizzly bear fishing for salmon at Brooks Falls, Alaska
Bear catches salmon at Brooks Falls
Pyroclastic flow deposits in the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes
Satellite image of the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes and surrounding area