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Barkhatnaya

Barkhatnaya Sopka

Volcanic field · Russia · 874m

The Holocene scoria cones of Barkhatnaya Sopka are located on a plateau 13 km N of Vilyuchik volcano on an uplifted eroded Miocene-Pliocene block. In this view looking NE, the Mt. Barkhatnaya cone which formed 3,000-4,000 years ago is to the left, and the reddish hill to the right is an early Holocene scoria cone. The white hill in the center is a part of an eroded rhyolitic body.
The Holocene scoria cones of Barkhatnaya Sopka are located on a plateau 13 km N of Vilyuchik volcano on an uplifted eroded Miocene-Pliocene block. In this view looking NE, the Mt. Barkhatnaya cone which formed 3,000-4,000 years ago is to the left, and the reddish hill to the right is an early Holocene scoria cone. The white hill in the center is a part of an eroded rhyolitic body. · Photo: Coyrighted photo by Oleg Dirksen (Holocene Kamchataka volcanoes; http://www.kscnet.ru/ivs/volcanoes/holocene/main/main.htm).
Type
Volcanic field
Country
Russia
Region
Northwestern Pacific / Kuril Volcanic Arc
Elevation
874m
Coordinates
52.802, 158.240
Last eruption
-3550
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Cluster
Major rock type
Basalt / Picro-Basalt
Geological summary

The Barkhatnaya Sopka group of Pleistocene andesitic-to-rhyolitic lava domes and Holocene basaltic pyroclastic cones is located along the Paratunka River about 30 km NNW of Gorely volcano. The cinder cones are sitting on an uplifted block of eroded Miocene-Pliocene rocks. Most of the younger cones lie on the S and SE sides of the volcanic field. The Barkhatnaya cinder cone formed about 3,000-4,000 years ago (Ponomareva, 1992 p.c.).

Eruption history

Summary (VEI over time)
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3550 BCE~3550 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?3550 BCE3550 BCE3549 BCE3549 BCE3549 BCE

Detailed timeline

  1. 3550 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate
    BCE 3550 – Ongoing

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