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Severny

Shield volcano · Russia · 1936m

The red Tobeltsen scoria cone, seen from the SE, lies on the lower WSW flank of Severny erupted about 3,500 years ago and was the source of lava flows that descend diagonally to the lower left. Severny is a late-Quaternary volcano located at the NW end of a major NE-trending graben along the crest of the northern Sredinny Range.
The red Tobeltsen scoria cone, seen from the SE, lies on the lower WSW flank of Severny erupted about 3,500 years ago and was the source of lava flows that descend diagonally to the lower left. Severny is a late-Quaternary volcano located at the NW end of a major NE-trending graben along the crest of the northern Sredinny Range. · Photo: Copyrighted photo by Maria Pevzner, 2005 (Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow).
Type
Shield volcano
Country
Russia
Region
Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions / Central Kamchatka Volcanic Arc
Elevation
1936m
Coordinates
58.280, 160.870
Last eruption
-1550
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Shield
Major rock type
Basalt / Picro-Basalt
Geological summary

Severny is a late Quaternary shield volcano located at the NW end of a major NE-trending graben along the crest of the northern Sredinny Range. It is capped by a small stratovolcano, a small shield volcano was constructed on its SW flank, and an even smaller shield grew on the NE flank. The basaltic Tobeltsen cinder cone on the WSW flank and associated lava flows were erupted about 3,500 years ago.

Eruption history

Summary (VEI over time)
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1550 BCE~1550 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?1550 BCE1550 BCE1549 BCE1549 BCE1549 BCE

Detailed timeline

  1. 1550 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate
    BCE 1550 – Ongoing
    WSW flank (Tobeltsen)

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