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Redoubt Volcano, or Mount Redoubt (Dena'ina: Bentuggezh K’enulgheli), is an active stratovolcano in the largely volcanic Aleutian Range of the U.S. state of Alaska. Located at the head of the Chigmit Mountains subrange in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, the mountain is just west of Cook Inlet, in the Kenai Peninsula Borough about 110 ...
Mount Redoubt on March 31, 2009. An ash cloud is hanging over the summit and the valley is covered in volcanic ash. Alaska 's Mount Redoubt volcano began erupting on March 22, 2009, and activity continued for several months. During the eruptions, which lasted for several months, reports found ash clouds reaching as high as 65,000 feet (20,000 m ...
Redoubt volcano in eruption. Redoubt is the park's active volcano. 10,197 feet (3,108 m) high, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) in diameter and with a volume of about 30 to 35 cubic kilometers, the stratovolcano rises through the Chigmit batholith. It has a 1.8-kilometre (1.1 mi) wide summit crater.
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On 15 December 1989, KLM Flight 867, en route from Amsterdam to Narita International Airport, Tokyo, was forced to make an emergency landing at Anchorage International Airport, Alaska, when all four engines failed. The Boeing 747-406M, less than six months old at the time, [1] flew through a thick cloud of volcanic ash from Mount Redoubt, [2 ...
Range coordinates. 60°10′N 153°35′W / 60.167°N 153.583°W / 60.167; -153.583. Parent range. Aleutian Range. Borders on. Tordrillo Mountains and Neacola Mountains. The Chigmit Mountains are a subrange of the Aleutian Range in the Kenai Peninsula and Lake and Peninsula Boroughs of the U.S. state of Alaska. [3]
Two volcanoes erupted during the summer of 2008 on the eastern Aleutian Islands. On July 12, 2008, Mount Okmok erupted, and it continued to erupt for a month. A giant, rapidly moving ash and gas cloud shot up to a height of 15,240 m as a result of this eruption. [2] Mount Kasatochi was home to the other eruption, which occurred on August 7 and 8.
The mountain is situated immediately north of Double Glacier, 100 mi (161 km) west-southwest of Anchorage, and 17.74 mi (29 km) north-northeast of Redoubt Volcano, which is the nearest higher peak. Although modest in elevation, relief is significant since the mountain rises up from tidewater at Cook Inlet in about 20 miles, and it ranks 71st in ...