Mount Redoubt (Alaska)
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| Mount Redoubt | |
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 South face in 1980 |
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| Elevation | 10,197 feet (3,108 metres) |
| Location | Alaska, USA |
| Range | Chigmit Mountains, Aleutian Range |
| Coordinates | |
| Type | Stratovolcano |
| Last eruption | 1989 |
| First ascent | 1959 by C Deehr, J Gardey, F Kennell, G Wescott |
| Easiest route | snow/ice climb |
Mount Redoubt, or Redoubt Volcano, is an active volcano and is the highest peak in the Aleutian Range on the Alaska Peninsula in Alaska. It is located in the Chigmit Mountains (a subrange of the Aleutians), west of Cook Inlet, about 180 km (110 miles) southwest of Anchorage, Alaska.
Mount Redoubt erupted in 1902, 1966 and again in 1989. The eruption in 1989 spewed volcanic ash to a height of 14,000 m (45,000 feet) and managed to catch a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Boeing 747 aircraft in its ash plume (flight 867 landed safely at Anchorage). The ash covered an area of about 20,000 km² (7700 sq. miles).
Mount Redoubt is not a particularly steep peak, but it is a massive mountain: it rises 9000 feet above the surrounding valleys to the north, south, and southeast in little over 5 miles.
[edit] External links
- USGS GNIS entry on Redoubt Volcano
- Alaska Volcano Observatory
- Mount Redoubt on Topozone
- Mount Redoubt on bivouac.com
- Global Volcanism Program Redoubt info
