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Mutnovsky

Type
Complex volcano
Elevation
2288m
Last eruption
2000
Mutnovsky
Photo: Денис Анисимов at ru.wikipedia · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Complex volcano
Country
Russia
Region
Northwestern Pacific / Kuril Volcanic Arc
Elevation
2288m
Coordinates
52.449, 158.196
Last eruption
2000
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Basalt / Picro-basalt
Geological summary

Massive Mutnovsky, one of the most active volcanoes of southern Kamchatka, is formed of four coalescing stratovolcanoes of predominantly basaltic composition. Multiple summit craters cap the volcanic complex. Growth of Mutnovsky IV, the youngest cone, began during the early Holocene. An intracrater cone was constructed along the northern wall of the 1.3-km-wide summit crater. Abundant flank cinder cones were concentrated on the SW side. Holocene activity was characterized by mild-to-moderate phreatic and phreatomagmatic eruptions from the summit crater. Explosive eruptions have been common since the 17th century, with lava flows produced during the 1904 eruption.

Eruption history

45 recordedGlossary
Summary (VEI over time)
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7550 BCE~7232 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 26277 BCE~5958 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 25958 BCE~5640 BCE · 2 eruptions · max VEI 25640 BCE~5322 BCE · 2 eruptions · max VEI 25322 BCE~5003 BCE · 2 eruptions · max VEI 35003 BCE~4685 BCE · 2 eruptions · max VEI 24685 BCE~4367 BCE · 2 eruptions · max VEI 24367 BCE~4048 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 23730 BCE~3412 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 23093 BCE~2775 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 22457 BCE~2138 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 32138 BCE~1820 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 2547 BCE~228 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 2228 BCE~90 · 3 eruptions · max VEI 290~408 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 2727~1045 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 31045~1363 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21363~1682 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21682~2000 · 19 eruptions · max VEI 37550 BCE5322 BCE2775 BCE547 BCE1682

Detailed timeline

  1. 2000VEI 2Observed
    2000-03-17 – 2000-03-17
    North crater
  2. 2000VEI 1Observed
    2000-06-30 – 2000-06-30
  3. 1960VEI 2Observed
    1960-12-16 – 1961-01-16
    West wall of SW crater
  4. 1945VEI 2Observed
    1945-06-23 – end unknown
  5. 1939VEI 2Observed
    1939-05-16 – end unknown
  6. 1938VEI 2Observed
    1938-11-16 – end unknown
  7. 1929VEI 2Observed
    1929-02-16 – end unknown
  8. 1928VEI 2Observed
    1928-01-25 – 1928-02-16
  9. 1927VEI 2Observed
    1927-01-16 – 1927-02-16
  10. 1917VEI 3Observed
    1917-07-05 – end unknown
  11. 1916VEI 2Observed
    1916-07-15 – end unknown
  12. 1916VEI 2Observed
    1916-12-16 – end unknown
  13. 1904VEI 2Observed
    1904-04-02 – 1904-06-26
  14. 1898VEI 2Observed
    1898-04-16 – 1898-07-15
  15. 1853VEI 2Observed
    1853-01-16 – end unknown
  16. 1853VEI 2Observed
    1853-12-18 – 1854-03-16
  17. 1852VEI 2Observed
    1852-03-16 – end unknown
  18. 1848VEI 3Observed
    1848-07-02 – end unknown
  19. 1750 (±50 yrs)VEI 2Observed
    1750 – end unknown
  20. 1650 (±50 yrs)VEI 2Observed
    1650 – end unknown
  21. 1300VEI 2Geological estimate
    1300 – end unknown
  22. 950VEI 2Geological estimate
    950 – end unknown
  23. 750VEI 3Geological estimate
    750 – end unknown
  24. 250VEI 2Geological estimate
    250 – end unknown
  25. 50VEI 2Geological estimate
    50 – end unknown
  26. 100 BCEVEI 2Geological estimate
    100 BCE – end unknown
  27. 200 BCEVEI 2Geological estimate
    200 BCE – end unknown
  28. 450 BCEVEI 2Geological estimate
    450 BCE – end unknown
  29. 2050 BCEVEI 2Geological estimate
    2050 BCE – end unknown
  30. 2150 BCEVEI 3Geological estimate
    2150 BCE – end unknown
  31. 2900 BCEVEI 2Geological estimate
    2900 BCE – end unknown
  32. 3650 BCEVEI 2Geological estimate
    3650 BCE – end unknown
  33. 4050 BCEVEI 2Geological estimate
    4050 BCE – end unknown
  34. 4550 BCEVEI 2Geological estimate
    4550 BCE – end unknown
  35. 4650 BCEVEI 2Geological estimate
    4650 BCE – end unknown
  36. 4700 BCEVEI 2Geological estimate
    4700 BCE – end unknown
  37. 5000 BCEVEI 2Geological estimate
    5000 BCE – end unknown
  38. 5050 BCEVEI 3Geological estimate
    5050 BCE – end unknown
  39. 5250 BCEVEI 2Geological estimate
    5250 BCE – end unknown
  40. 5350 BCEVEI 2Geological estimate
    5350 BCE – end unknown
  41. 5450 BCEVEI 2Geological estimate
    5450 BCE – end unknown
  42. 5800 BCEVEI 2Geological estimate
    5800 BCE – end unknown
  43. 5900 BCEVEI 2Geological estimate
    5900 BCE – end unknown
  44. 6000 BCEVEI 2Geological estimate
    6000 BCE – end unknown
  45. 7550 BCEVEI 2Geological estimate
    7550 BCE – end unknown

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