Katmai

[ kat-mahy ]

noun

1. Mount, an active volcano in SW Alaska. 7,500 feet (2,286 meters).
2. a national monument including Mt. Katmai and the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes. 4,215 sq. mi. (10,915 sq. km).

Katmai

/ ˈkætmaɪ /

noun

1. Mount Katmai
   a volcano in SW Alaska, in the Aleutian Range: erupted in 1912 forming the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, a region with numerous fumaroles; established as Katmai National Monument , 10 917 sq km (4215 sq miles), in 1918. Height: 2100 m (7000 ft). Depth of crater: 1130 m (3700 ft). Width of crater: about 4 km (2.5 miles)

Example Sentences

The competition, which started a decade ago, allows viewers to watch live cameras of Alaska's Katmai National Park and Preserve and pick their favourite brown bear after the animals have beefed up on salmon in preparation for winter.

From BBC

Grazer also beat Chunk in 2023, when nearly 1.4 million votes were cast from more than 100 countries, according to Katmai Conservancy and explore.org.

From BBC

Patrolling the beach on Alaska’s remote Katmai coast, the white wolf came to the mouth of a creek, where freshwater fed into the salty Hallo Bay.

From National Geographic

This scene, filmed by a group of biologists in Katmai National Park and Preserve in 2016, is the first time a wolf has been documented hunting and killing a marine mammal.

From National Geographic

This Katmai study fits into a growing collection of research suggests that wolves are more flexible than previously believed, munching on everything from beavers to salmon.

From National Geographic