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Mutnovsky

Complex volcano · Russia · 2288m

Mutnovsky (center) one of the most active volcanoes of southern Kamchatka and is formed of four coalescing edifices, seen here from the west. The complex has multiple summit craters and historical eruptions have been explosive, with lava flows produced during 1904.
Mutnovsky (center) one of the most active volcanoes of southern Kamchatka and is formed of four coalescing edifices, seen here from the west. The complex has multiple summit craters and historical eruptions have been explosive, with lava flows produced during 1904. · Photo: Photo by Andrei Tsvetkov. · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Complex volcano
Country
Russia
Region
Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions / Kuril Volcanic Arc
Elevation
2288m
Coordinates
52.449, 158.196
Last eruption
2000
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Basalt / Picro-Basalt
Geological summary

Massive Mutnovsky, one of the most active volcanoes of southern Kamchatka, is formed of four coalescing stratovolcanoes of predominantly basaltic composition. Multiple summit craters cap the volcanic complex. Growth of Mutnovsky IV, the youngest cone, began during the early Holocene. An intracrater cone was constructed along the northern wall of the 1.3-km-wide summit crater. Abundant flank cinder cones were concentrated on the SW side. Holocene activity was characterized by mild-to-moderate phreatic and phreatomagmatic eruptions from the summit crater. Explosive eruptions have been common since the 17th century, with lava flows produced during the 1904 eruption.

From Wikipedia

Mutnovsky is an active complex volcano located in the southern part of Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, approximately 75-80 km south of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. The volcano is formed from several cones and lava flows from flank eruptions that have merged into a single massif.

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Eruption history

Summary (VEI over time)
Click a bar to see individual eruptions
7550 BCE~7232 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 26277 BCE~5958 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 25958 BCE~5640 BCE · 2 eruptions · max VEI 25640 BCE~5322 BCE · 2 eruptions · max VEI 25322 BCE~5003 BCE · 2 eruptions · max VEI 35003 BCE~4685 BCE · 2 eruptions · max VEI 24685 BCE~4367 BCE · 2 eruptions · max VEI 24367 BCE~4048 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 23730 BCE~3412 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 23093 BCE~2775 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 22457 BCE~2138 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 32138 BCE~1820 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 2547 BCE~228 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 2228 BCE~90 · 3 eruptions · max VEI 290~408 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 2727~1045 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 31045~1363 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21363~1682 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21682~2000 · 19 eruptions · max VEI 37550 BCE5322 BCE2775 BCE547 BCE1682

Detailed timeline

  1. 2000VEI 2Observed
    2000-03-17 – 2000-03-17
    North crater
  2. 2000VEI 1Observed
    2000-06-30 – 2000-06-30
  3. 1960VEI 2Observed
    1960-12-16 – 1961-01-16
    West wall of SW crater
  4. 1945VEI 2Observed
    1945-06-23 – Ongoing
  5. 1939VEI 2Observed
    1939-05 – Ongoing
  6. 1938VEI 2Observed
    1938-11 – Ongoing
  7. 1929VEI 2Observed
    1929-02 – Ongoing
  8. 1928VEI 2Observed
    1928-01-25 – 1928-02
  9. 1927VEI 2Observed
    1927-01 – 1927-02
  10. 1917VEI 3Observed
    1917-07-05 – Ongoing
  11. 1916VEI 2Observed
    1916-07-15 – Ongoing
  12. 1916VEI 2Observed
    1916-12 – Ongoing
  13. 1904VEI 2Observed
    1904-04-02 – 1904-06-26
  14. 1898VEI 2Observed
    1898-04 – 1898-07-15
  15. 1853VEI 2Observed
    1853-01 – Ongoing
  16. 1853VEI 2Observed
    1853-12-18 – 1854-03
  17. 1852VEI 2Observed
    1852-03 – Ongoing
  18. 1848VEI 3Observed
    1848 – Ongoing
  19. 1750 (±50 yrs)VEI 2Observed
    1750 – Ongoing
  20. 1650 (±50 yrs)VEI 2Observed
    1650 – Ongoing
  21. 1300VEI 2Geological estimate
    1300 – Ongoing
  22. 950VEI 2Geological estimate
    950 – Ongoing
  23. 750VEI 3Geological estimate
    750 – Ongoing
  24. 250VEI 2Geological estimate
    250 – Ongoing
  25. 50VEI 2Geological estimate
    50 – Ongoing
  26. 100 BCEVEI 2Geological estimate
    BCE 100 – Ongoing
  27. 200 BCEVEI 2Geological estimate
    BCE 200 – Ongoing
  28. 450 BCEVEI 2Geological estimate
    BCE 450 – Ongoing
  29. 2050 BCEVEI 2Geological estimate
    BCE 2050 – Ongoing
  30. 2150 BCEVEI 3Geological estimate
    BCE 2150 – Ongoing
  31. 2900 BCEVEI 2Geological estimate
    BCE 2900 – Ongoing
  32. 3650 BCEVEI 2Geological estimate
    BCE 3650 – Ongoing
  33. 4050 BCEVEI 2Geological estimate
    BCE 4050 – Ongoing
  34. 4550 BCEVEI 2Geological estimate
    BCE 4550 – Ongoing
  35. 4650 BCEVEI 2Geological estimate
    BCE 4650 – Ongoing
  36. 4700 BCEVEI 2Geological estimate
    BCE 4700 – Ongoing
  37. 5000 BCEVEI 2Geological estimate
    BCE 5000 – Ongoing
  38. 5050 BCEVEI 3Geological estimate
    BCE 5050 – Ongoing
  39. 5250 BCEVEI 2Geological estimate
    BCE 5250 – Ongoing
  40. 5350 BCEVEI 2Geological estimate
    BCE 5350 – Ongoing
  41. 5450 BCEVEI 2Geological estimate
    BCE 5450 – Ongoing
  42. 5800 BCEVEI 2Geological estimate
    BCE 5800 – Ongoing
  43. 5900 BCEVEI 2Geological estimate
    BCE 5900 – Ongoing
  44. 6000 BCEVEI 2Geological estimate
    BCE 6000 – Ongoing
  45. 7550 BCEVEI 2Geological estimate
    BCE 7550 – Ongoing

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