Zheltovsky
Stratovolcano · Russia · 1926m

- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Country
- Russia
- Region
- Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions / Kuril Volcanic Arc
- Elevation
- 1926m
- Coordinates
- 51.577, 157.328
- Last eruption
- 1923
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
Geological summary
Zheltovsky volcano was constructed during the last 8000 years within a 4 x 5 km caldera truncating an earlier Pleistocene edifice. A late-Holocene explosive eruption formed a 1.6-km-wide summit crater that was subsequently largely filled by four lava domes, the latest of which forms the present summit. Several of the lava domes were emplaced along the buried SE rim of the summit crater. More than ten cinder cones and lava domes were constructed on the flanks, particularly on the NW side. Only a few eruptions are known in historical time. The largest, in 1923, produced explosive activity and a lava flow down the SE flank that also partly flowed into the summit crater.
From Wikipedia
Zheltovsky is a stratovolcano located in the southern part of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia.
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Eruption history
Detailed timeline
- 1972VEI 1Geological estimate1972-03-16 – Ongoing
- 1923VEI 3Observed1923-02-11 – 1923-04
- 1823 (±5 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate1823 – Ongoing
- 3050 BCEVEI 5Geological estimateBCE 3050 – Ongoing
- 6050 BCEVEI ?Geological estimateBCE 6050 – Ongoing
- 7050 BCE (±1000 yrs)VEI 5Geological estimateBCE 7050 – Ongoing
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