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Koshelev

Type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
1822m
Last eruption
1690
Koshelev (upper right) is one of the southernmost active volcanoes on the Kamchatka Peninsula, seen here SW of the Kurile Lake caldera. It contains four main cones constructed along an E-W line over a Pleistocene edifice with the central and highest peak being the youngest. An explosive eruption occurred at the end of the 17th century. Alaid, the northernmost volcano of the Kuril Islands, is the peak on the left horizon.
Koshelev (upper right) is one of the southernmost active volcanoes on the Kamchatka Peninsula, seen here SW of the Kurile Lake caldera. It contains four main cones constructed along an E-W line over a Pleistocene edifice with the central and highest peak being the youngest. An explosive eruption occurred at the end of the 17th century. Alaid, the northernmost volcano of the Kuril Islands, is the peak on the left horizon. · Photo: Photo by Nikolai Smelov, 1996 (courtesy of Vera Ponomareva, Inst. Volcanic Geology & Geochemistry, Petropavlovsk).
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Russia
Region
Northwestern Pacific / Kuril Volcanic Arc
Elevation
1822m
Coordinates
51.356, 156.753
Last eruption
1690
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Basalt / Picro-basalt

Geological summary

Koshelev is at the southern end of the Kamchatka Peninsula, SW of the Pauzhetka volcano-tectonic depression and NW of Kambalny volcano.

Excerpt from the Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution · Read the full summary on GVP →

From Wikipedia

Koshelev is a complex stratovolcano located in the southern part of Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. It consists of four stratovolcanoes, from which the Central Koshelev is the highest.

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Eruption history

5 recordedGlossary

Record summary

Confirmed eruptions
4
Uncertain eruptions
1
Span of confirmed record
4550 BCE – 1690
Largest confirmed eruption
VEI 3 (1690)
Confirmed eruptions since 1900
0
Summary (VEI over time)
Click a bar to see individual eruptions · Use arrow keys to move between bars, Enter to open
4550 BCE~4340 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?4131 BCE~3921 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?1404 BCE~1195 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?1531~1741 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 34550 BCE3082 BCE1404 BCE631531

Detailed timeline

  1. 1741VEI ?Method not stated
    1741 – end unknown
  2. 1690 (±10 yrs)VEI 3Observed
    1690 – end unknown
    SE flank
  3. 1350 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate
    1350 BCE – end unknown
    Northern flank
  4. 4050 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate
    4050 BCE – end unknown
    NW flank (Gorely)
  5. 4550 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate
    4550 BCE – end unknown
    Eastern cone

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