Yelovsky Volcano
Elovsky
Shield volcano · Russia · 1381m

- Type
- Shield volcano
- Country
- Russia
- Region
- Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions / Central Kamchatka Volcanic Arc
- Elevation
- 1381m
- Coordinates
- 57.550, 160.530
- Last eruption
- -7550
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Landform
- Shield
- Major rock type
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
Geological summary
This cluster of overlapping small basaltic shield volcanoes is located east of the crest of the Sredinny Range, NE of Shishel and SE of Alngey volcanoes. The largest edifice is the Elovsky shield, and the smaller Ozernovsky lies immediately to the SE. The massive early Holocene Ozernovsky lava flow, located immediately NE of Elovsky, traveled to the ESE down a glacially dissected valley. The flow is post-glacial in age, but older than roughly 7,000-year-old tephra layers from Khangar volcano. The massive flow dammed tributary valleys, creating several lakes near the headwaters of the Levaya and Pravaya Ozeraya rivers and forming a lava field covering an area of 100 km2.
From Wikipedia
Yelovsky is an extinct shield volcano in central Kamchatka. The volcano is the edifice among several overlapping small basaltic shield volcanoes. Yelovsky is located at the east of the crest of the Sredinny Range.
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Eruption history
Detailed timeline
- 7550 BCE (±500 yrs)VEI 4Geological estimateBCE 7550 – OngoingNE side (Ozernovsky lava flow)
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