Redoubt Volcano View Point - Alaska
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BruceS
N 60° 07.894 W 151° 32.111
5V E 581375 N 6666965
Recently active volcano visible from across Cook Islet along the Stirling Highway on the Kenai Peninsula in south central Alaska.
Waymark Code: WM9BRN
Location: Alaska, United States
Date Posted: 07/28/2010
Views: 18
"Mount Redoubt, or Redoubt Volcano, is an active and recently eruptive stratovolcano in the largely volcanic Aleutian Range of the U.S. state of Alaska. Located in the Chigmit Mountains (a subrange of the Aleutians), the mountain is just west of Cook Inlet, in the Kenai Peninsula Borough about 180 km (110 mi) southwest of Anchorage. Mount Redoubt towers 9,000 feet (2,700 m) above the surrounding valleys to the north, south, and southeast in little over 5 miles (8 km); it is also the third highest within the range, with nearby Mount Torbert, at 11,413 feet, being the highest and Mount Spurr at 11,070 feet being the second highest.
Active for millennia, Mount Redoubt has erupted five times since 1900: in 1902, 1922, 1966, 1989 and 2009. The eruption in 1989 spewed volcanic ash to a height of 45,000 ft (14,000 m) and caught KLM Flight 867, a Boeing 747 aircraft, in its plume (the flight landed safely at Anchorage). The ash blanketed an area of about 7,700 sq mi (20,000 km2). The 1989 eruption is also notable for being the first ever volcanic eruption to be successfully predicted by the method of long-period seismic events developed by Swiss/American volcanologist Bernard Chouet" - Wikipedia.
The volcano is visible at various point along the highway on a clear day. The location of the Waymark is a highway view point with a couple of information signs on the volcano. The volcano is visible from the view point but a better view is available up a private road (sign grants permission to walk up) with view at N60° 07.839 W151° 32.339. The view of the volcano is weather dependent, often clouds will hide all or most of the volcano. When the volcano is visible often steam will be seen coming from it.