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Zavaritsky

Pyroclastic cone · Russia · 1547m

Zavaritsky is the group of six scoria cones in the center of this August 2018 Planet Labs satellite image monthly mosaic (N is at the top; this image is approximately 17 km across). The highest cone is Mount Peschanaya towards the south. The crater of one of the cones is visible on the SE flank.
Zavaritsky is the group of six scoria cones in the center of this August 2018 Planet Labs satellite image monthly mosaic (N is at the top; this image is approximately 17 km across). The highest cone is Mount Peschanaya towards the south. The crater of one of the cones is visible on the SE flank. · Photo: Satellite image courtesy of Planet Labs Inc., 2018 (https://www.planet.com/).
Type
Pyroclastic cone
Country
Russia
Region
Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions / Eastern Kamchatka Volcanic Arc
Elevation
1547m
Coordinates
53.907, 158.385
Last eruption
-800
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Basalt / Picro-Basalt
Geological summary

Zavaritsky volcano consists of a complex of six cinder cones trending NW-SE, and an explosion crater located near the headwaters of the Levaya Avacha River west of the main Eastern Kamchatka volcanic arc. The six cones were formed during an eruption about 2,800 years ago, during which associated lava flows blocked the Levaya Avacha and Ozernaya rivers, forming Lake Vulkanischeskoe along the Ozernaya drainage. The highest cone, Mount Peschanaya, lies near the southern end of the cone group. Other monogenetic cinder cones are located NW and NE of the volcano. The Berezovy cinder cone to the NW erupted ~11,000-10,000 radiocarbon years ago. An unnamed cone near the crest of a range dividing the Srednaya Avacha and Kavicha river drainages, about 14 km WNW, erupted about 3,000-2,500 years ago; it is slightly closer to Bakening volcano, but the chemistry of its products are related to those of Zavaritsky.

Eruption history

Summary (VEI over time)
Click a bar to see individual eruptions
850 BCE~845 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 4805 BCE~800 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 2850 BCE840 BCE825 BCE815 BCE805 BCE

Detailed timeline

  1. 800 BCE (±500 yrs)VEI 2Geological estimate
    BCE 800 – Ongoing
    14 km WNW of Zavaritsky
  2. 850 BCEVEI 4Geological estimate
    BCE 850 – Ongoing
    Mt. Peschanaya and adjacent cones

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