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Gorny Institute

Stratovolcano · Russia · 2125m

Gorny Institute volcano, seen here from the south, lies at the NE end of chain of small late-Quaternary volcanoes extending NE from Kebeney volcano in the central Sredinny Range. It is one of the large stratovolcanoes in the Sredinny Range that have been active during the Holocene.
Gorny Institute volcano, seen here from the south, lies at the NE end of chain of small late-Quaternary volcanoes extending NE from Kebeney volcano in the central Sredinny Range. It is one of the large stratovolcanoes in the Sredinny Range that have been active during the Holocene. · Photo: Copyrighted photo by Maria Pevzner, 2004 (Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow).
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Russia
Region
Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions / Central Kamchatka Volcanic Arc
Elevation
2125m
Coordinates
57.330, 160.200
Last eruption
1250
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
Geological summary

Gorny Institute volcano lies at the NE end of chain of small late-Quaternary volcanoes extending NE from Kebeney volcano in the central Sredinny Range. It was constructed near the steep-walled eastern margin of a major NE-SW-trending graben extending NE from Kebeney volcano. A line of cinder cones with the same orientation is located on the NE and SW flanks. More than 20 pyroclastic horizons have been documented, and the last major eruption took place about 700 years ago.

From Wikipedia

Gorny Institute, also spelled Gornyi Institut, is a stratovolcano located in the Sredinny Range on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula. It lies just east of the Titila volcano and north of the Kebeney volcano.

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Eruption history

Summary (VEI over time)
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4250 BCE~4054 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 0857~1054 · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?1054~1250 · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?4250 BCE2875 BCE1500 BCE321 BCE1054

Detailed timeline

  1. 1250VEI ?Geological estimate
    1250 – Ongoing
  2. 1000VEI ?Geological estimate
    1000 – Ongoing
  3. 4250 BCEVEI 0Geological estimate
    BCE 4250 – Ongoing
    South flank (Sedanka lava flow)

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