Goryashchy Volcano
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| Location | ||||||||||
Goryashchy Volcano is located on the southern point of Simushir Island
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| Form and structure | ||||||||||
The large extrusive dome with a diameter of about 1 km and an absolute height of 890 m is located into the ancient volcano somme - eccentrically, with a shift to the northwest. |
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| Composition | ||||||||||
| two-pyroxene andesites, andesite-basalts | ||||||||||
| Age | ||||||||||
| Holocene | ||||||||||
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| Aviation color code |
GREEN |
| Last VONA/KVERT Releases |
No VONA/KVERT Releases |
| Hazard synopsis |
Ash clouds, ash falls, pyroclastic flows, hot avalanches and lahars are a potential hazard associated with explosive eruptions of this volcano. The volcano poses a potential hazard to international and local airlines passing in the Kuriles region, since the height of its ash emissions can reach 10-15 km above sea level, ash plumes and clouds can drift hundreds and thousands of kilometers from the volcano in different directions. |
| Monitoring status |
satellite
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| Eruptions |
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1944
1914
1881 – 1883
1849
1842/6
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