Zheltovsky Volcano
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| Location | ||||||||||
The volcano is located in the Southern volcanic belt of Kamchatka, about 16 km northeast of Kurilskoye Lake.
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| Form and structure | ||||||||||
Zheltovsky is a twinned stratovolcano with a somma and an extrusive dome at the summit.
The lover part of the structure is mainly of lavas, the upper part of alternating lavas and pyroclastics in equal proportions. |
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| Composition | ||||||||||
| From basalts to rhyolites | ||||||||||
| Age | ||||||||||
| Upper Pleistocene – Holocene | ||||||||||
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| Aviation color code |
GREEN |
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| Hazard synopsis |
Principal hazards include phreatic explosions, ash clouds, ash falls, pyroclastic flows, lava flows and lahars.
Ash falls possible at: Ozernovskiy (57 km to the west from the volcano) Pauzhetka (35 km to the west) Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (185 km to the northeast) |
| Monitoring status |
satellite
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| Eruptions |
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1923/2/11 – 1923/4
1823 (?)
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