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Taunshits

Stratovolcano · Russia · 2301m

The western side of Taunshits contains a large horseshoe-shaped crater that formed about 8,000 years ago during an eruption that produced a debris avalanche and directed blast similar to that at Mount St. Helens in 1980. A viscous lava flow (center) erupted after the collapse from a vent at the top of the collapse scarp.
The western side of Taunshits contains a large horseshoe-shaped crater that formed about 8,000 years ago during an eruption that produced a debris avalanche and directed blast similar to that at Mount St. Helens in 1980. A viscous lava flow (center) erupted after the collapse from a vent at the top of the collapse scarp. · Photo: Photo by Nikolai Smelov, 1998 (courtesy of Vera Ponomareva, Institute of Volcanic Geology and Geochemistry, Petropavlovsk). · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Russia
Region
Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions / Eastern Kamchatka Volcanic Arc
Elevation
2301m
Coordinates
54.528, 159.804
Last eruption
-550
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
Geological summary

Taunshits volcano, located west of the massive Uzon caldera, is an andesitic stratovolcano that was constructed beginning about 39,000 years before present (BP) on top of a large Pleistocene tuya pedestal. The summit is truncated by an open crater breached to the west that formed about 8,000 BP during an eruption producing a directed blast and a 3 km3 debris avalanche that traveled 19 km W. Another strong explosive eruption took place about 2,500 BP. Two satellitic cones occupy the S flank, and a cluster of Holocene cinder cones farther to the south may also be related to Taunshits.

From Wikipedia

Taunshits is a stratovolcano located in the eastern part of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia.

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Eruption history

Summary (VEI over time)
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5800 BCE~5606 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?744 BCE~550 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?5800 BCE4439 BCE3272 BCE1911 BCE744 BCE

Detailed timeline

  1. 550 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate
    BCE 550 – Ongoing
  2. 5800 BCE (±50 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    BCE 5800 – Ongoing

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