Redoubt 1881

Start: 1881 [1]

Event Type: Explosive

Event Characteristics:
  • "Fire", "Glowing", or incandescence [1]
  • Lava flow [1]

Description: From Cordeiro (1910): "To the eastward, Redoubt Volcano, 11,060 feet high, is constantly smoking, with periods of exaggerated activity. Fire has been seen issuing from its summit far out at sea. A great eruption took place in 1881, when a party of native hunters half-way up its slopes were overwhelmed by a lava-flow and only two escaped." This account is not mentioned in other eruption compilations.

Impact: "A party of native hunters half-way up [Redoubt] were overwhelmed by a lava-flow and only two escaped" (Cordiero, 1910). If true, this statement implies that some lives were lost in this possible eruption. [1]

References Cited

[1] The volcanoes of Alaska, 1910

Cordeiro, F. J. B., 1910, The volcanoes of Alaska: Appalachia, v. 12, p. 130-135.

Complete Eruption References

The volcanoes of Alaska, 1910

Cordeiro, F. J. B., 1910, The volcanoes of Alaska: Appalachia, v. 12, p. 130-135.
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