What is Mount Redoubt?
[[File:MtRedoubtedit1.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Mount Redoubt erupting in 1990.]] '''Mount Redoubt''', also called '''Redoubt Volcano''', is a [[volcano]] in the [[U.S.]] state of [[Alaska]]. It rises {{convert|10197|ft|m}} above sea level and {{convert|9147|ft|m}} above the valleys around it. It is about {{convert|100|mi|km}} from the city of [[Anchorage, Alaska|Anchorage]]. On March 22, 2009, Mount Redoubt erupted, sending ash high in the air and covering the mountains around with [[Volcanic ash|ash]]. No people live near Mount Redoubt, but the ash spread into towns and cities and the airport of Anchorage was closed shortly. Other years when it erupted include 1902, 1922, 1966, and 1989. == Images == <gallery> File:MountRedoubt.jpg|Mount Redoubt while it is not erupting. File:Alaska Locator Map with US.PNG|The location of Mount Redoubt in Alaska. File:Mt Redoubt 2009-03-31 1238559492 ak231.jpg|Eruption of 2009. The valley below Mount Redoubt is covered with ash and mud from [[lahar]]s (volcanic mudflows). </gallery> {{DEFAULTSORT:Redoubt, Mount}} [[Category:Geography of Alaska]] [[Category:Volcanoes of the United States]]