Krasheninnikov Volcano
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| Location | ||||||||||
The volcano is associated with the Eastern volcanic belt and is located about 13 km south of Kronotsky lake, in 200 km from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
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| Form and structure | ||||||||||
The complex volcanic edifice consisting of two merged cones is in ancient caldera about 9 km in diameter. Northern cone has telescopic structure - in the center caldera about 2 km in diameter are located two cones enclosed each other. Height of least of them - 150 m, diameter of its crater - 60 m. |
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| Composition | ||||||||||
| Basalts, andesibasalts, andesites, dacites | ||||||||||
| Age | ||||||||||
| 11,000 years | ||||||||||
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| Aviation color code |
GREEN |
| Last VONA/KVERT Releases |
No VONA/KVERT Releases |
| Hazard synopsis |
Possible therminal eruptions and lateral on the volcanic slopes or at the southern part of caldera. Potential hazards are ash plumes, ash falls, pyroclastic and lava flows and lahars. |
| Monitoring status |
satellite
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| Eruptions |
The last lava effusion took place 400-600 years ago. No historic eruption is known. In 1963 traces of fumarolic activity were registered in the crater of the middle Northern cone. |
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1463±40
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