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Zheltovsky

Type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
1926m
Last eruption
1923
Zheltovsky
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Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Russia
Region
Northwestern Pacific / Kuril Volcanic Arc
Elevation
1926m
Coordinates
51.577, 157.328
Last eruption
1923
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Basalt / Picro-basalt
Geological summary

Zheltovsky volcano was constructed during the last 8000 years within a 4 x 5 km caldera truncating an earlier Pleistocene edifice. A late-Holocene explosive eruption formed a 1.6-km-wide summit crater that was subsequently largely filled by four lava domes, the latest of which forms the present summit. Several of the lava domes were emplaced along the buried SE rim of the summit crater. More than ten cinder cones and lava domes were constructed on the flanks, particularly on the NW side. Only a few eruptions are known in historical time. The largest, in 1923, produced explosive activity and a lava flow down the SE flank that also partly flowed into the summit crater.

Eruption history

6 recordedGlossary
Summary (VEI over time)
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7050 BCE~6749 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 56148 BCE~5847 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?3140 BCE~2840 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 51671~1972 · 3 eruptions · max VEI 37050 BCE4945 BCE2539 BCE434 BCE1671

Detailed timeline

  1. 1972VEI 1Method not stated
    1972-03-16 – end unknown
  2. 1923VEI 3Observed
    1923-02-11 – 1923-04-16
  3. 1823 (±5 yrs)VEI ?Method not stated
    1823-07-02 – end unknown
  4. 3050 BCEVEI 5Geological estimate
    3050 BCE – end unknown
  5. 6050 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate
    6050 BCE – end unknown
  6. 7050 BCE (±1000 yrs)VEI 5Geological estimate
    7050 BCE – end unknown

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