Volcanoes in Alaska

Redoubt

Mount Redoubt bellows steam and ash, seen from across the Cook Inlet in Ninilchik, Thursday, March 29, 2009.

After a month of foreboding burps and quakes, Mount Redoubt erupted multiple times in 2009, spewing ash across much of the Kenai Peninsula.


Map of Cook Inlet Area volcanoes

Spurr

Aerial view of Mount Spurr, center, and Crater Peak, right, as viewed from the south on Sunday, May 25, 2008. Mount Spurr is a volcano located about 80 miles west of Anchorage across Cook Inlet and last erupted two times (June and August) in the summer of 1992. During the August 1992 eruption, the ash cloud traveled 60,000 feet well into the stratosphere and winds carried it east and south across Anchorage and Turnagain Arm.

Kasatochi

Kasatochi, a volcano on the Aleutian chain, viewed from the southern caldera rim in August of 2004.Picture Date: August 14, 2004

Four peak

Fumaroles on west side of Fourpeak Volcano.

Okmok

Photo of the Okmok eruption, July 27, 2008, taken from Ft Glenn on the east flank of Okmok Caldera.

Pavlov

Pavlof volcano and eruption plume on evening of August 30, 2007, 21:20 AKDT. View is to the south, out the right side of the PenAir Metro en route to Anchorage from Cold Bay. Plume height approximately 17-18,000 ft.

Iliamna

Mount Iliamna looms in the backround across Cook Inlet as clamming hopefuls hit the beach at Clam Gulch during a minus tide on a beautiful Saturday, April 29,

Cleveland

This May 23, 2006, photo released by NASA shows the eruption of Cleveland Volcano, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, as photographed by an Expedition 13 crew member on the International Space Station. The image captures the ash plume of the very short-lived eruption.

Augustine

Augustine's summit emits white steam as the Alaska Volcano Observatory staff flew around Augustine Friday February 24, 2006. The volcano has quieted and is coded orange at this time.

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