How high can material from Triton’s plumes rise?

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Moons of Neptune: Triton — Triton Image of Triton, Neptune's largest satellite, captured by a camera aboard Voyager 2, 1989.

Material from the geyserlike plumes on Triton can rise to heights of approximately 8 km (5 miles). Once the nitrogen gas carries entrained dust particles to this altitude, the material is then transported by surface winds downwind for distances as far as 150 km (90 miles).1