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Khangar

Stratovolcano · Russia · 1967m

Khangar is the southernmost volcano of the N-S-trending Sredinny Range, which stretches across western Kamchatka. It contains a 2.8-km-wide summit crater and a large lava dome on its eastern flank. The crater formed about 7,000 years ago and is now partially filled by a lake.
Khangar is the southernmost volcano of the N-S-trending Sredinny Range, which stretches across western Kamchatka. It contains a 2.8-km-wide summit crater and a large lava dome on its eastern flank. The crater formed about 7,000 years ago and is now partially filled by a lake. · Photo: Photo by Dan Miller, 1990 (U.S. Geological Survey). · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Russia
Region
Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions / Central Kamchatka Volcanic Arc
Elevation
1967m
Coordinates
54.761, 157.407
Last eruption
1500
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Dacite
Geological summary

Khangar volcano, also spelled Hangar, is the southernmost volcano of the Sredinny Range, which stretches N-S across western Kamchaktka. It is the dominant feature within a larger volcano-tectonic depression composed of two parts: a stratovolcano with a 2-km-wide Holocene caldera, and a large lava dome on its eastern flank. The steep-walled caldera, now filled by a lake, was formed during a major explosive eruption about 7,000 years ago. An arcuate zone of pre-caldera flank lava domes nearly surrounds the volcano, and post-caldera domes form islands in the caldera lake. Late-stage olivine basalts were erupted along a NE-trending line in the southern part of the depression. The latest dated eruption took place about 500 years ago.

From Wikipedia

Khangar is a stratovolcano located in the central part of Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. It is the southernmost volcano of the Sredinny Range. Its 2 km-wide caldera is now filled by a lake.

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Eruption history

Summary (VEI over time)
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9500 BCE~9133 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 48400 BCE~8033 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?7300 BCE~6933 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?6567 BCE~6200 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?5833 BCE~5467 BCE · 2 eruptions · max VEI 62900 BCE~2533 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?700 BCE~333 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?767~1133 · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?1133~1500 · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?9500 BCE6933 BCE4000 BCE1433 BCE1133

Detailed timeline

  1. 1500 (±40 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    1500 – Ongoing
  2. 1000 (±16 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    1000 – Ongoing
  3. 350 BCE (±30 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    BCE 350 – Ongoing
  4. 2700 BCE (±25 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    BCE 2700 – Ongoing
  5. 5500 BCE (±25 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    BCE 5500 – Ongoing
  6. 5700 BCE (±16 yrs)VEI 6Geological estimate
    BCE 5700 – Ongoing
  7. 6400 BCE (±75 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    BCE 6400 – Ongoing
  8. 7100 BCE (±100 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    BCE 7100 – Ongoing
  9. 8250 BCE (±100 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    BCE 8250 – Ongoing
  10. 9500 BCE (±300 yrs)VEI 4Geological estimate
    BCE 9500 – Ongoing

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