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Yelovsky Volcano

Elovsky

Shield volcano · Russia · 1381m

Elovsky is the highest of a cluster of small cones NE of Shishel. The Ozernovsky scoria cone (right) to the NE was the source of the massive early Holocene Ozernovsky lava flow, which traveled to the ESE down a glacial valley on the flanks of the Sredinny Range. The flow formed a lava field covering an area of 100 km2, and dammed tributary valleys, creating several lakes near the headwaters of the Levaya and Pravaya Ozernaya rivers.
Elovsky is the highest of a cluster of small cones NE of Shishel. The Ozernovsky scoria cone (right) to the NE was the source of the massive early Holocene Ozernovsky lava flow, which traveled to the ESE down a glacial valley on the flanks of the Sredinny Range. The flow formed a lava field covering an area of 100 km2, and dammed tributary valleys, creating several lakes near the headwaters of the Levaya and Pravaya Ozernaya rivers. · Photo: Copyrighted photo by Maria Pevzner, 2004 (Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow).
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

Summary (VEI over time)
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7550 BCE~7550 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 47550 BCE7550 BCE7549 BCE7549 BCE7549 BCE

Detailed timeline

  1. 7550 BCE (±500 yrs)VEI 4Geological estimate
    BCE 7550 – Ongoing
    NE side (Ozernovsky lava flow)

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