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April 21, 1990 eruption column (to a height of about 5.6 mi (9 km)) [16] from Redoubt Volcano as viewed to the west from the Kenai Peninsula Fumaroles observed on the side of Mount Redoubt on January 31, 2009 Fumarole on March 21, 2009, the day before the eruption A plume of vapor from Mt Redoubt as seen from space on 5 May 2009.
Mount Redoubt is a mountain in the North Cascades range in Whatcom County, Washington state. The peak is located 3.0 miles (5 km) from the Canada–US border, 16.3 miles (26 km) east-northeast of Mount Shuksan. It is the 21st highest peak in the state, with a height of 8,956 feet (2,730 m) and a prominence of 1,649 feet (503 m). [4]
Mountain Metres Feet Location and Notes Risco Plateado: 4,999: 16,401: Argentina Mount Blackburn: 4,996: 16,391: Alaska, United States Santa Isabel: 4,950: 16,240
Mount Redoubt (3,108 m), Chigmit Mountains; ... A giant, rapidly moving ash and gas cloud shot up to a height of 15,240 m as a result of this eruption. [2]
Alaska's Mount Redoubt volcano began erupting on March 22, 2009, and activity continued for several months.. During the eruptions, reports found ash clouds reaching as high as 65,000 feet (20,000 m) above sea level. [1]
The Chigmits, along with most of the Aleutian Range, are volcanic, and include two prominent stratovolcanoes, Redoubt Volcano (10,197 feet/3,108 m), the high point of the Aleutian Range; and Iliamna Volcano (10,016 feet/3,052 m).
The nearest higher peak is Canuck Peak, 1.43 mi (2.30 km) to the southeast, and Mount Redoubt rises 3.04 mi (4.89 km) also to the southeast of Nodoubt. [1] Nodoubt Peak was named by a group of geologists who climbed the peak in 1967. [2] The toponym is a word play on Mount Redoubt's name.
Today, Mount St. Helens is the 35th highest major summit of the state. This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks [1] of the U.S. State of Washington. The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways: The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the summit above a geodetic sea level.