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Zhupanovsky

Type
Compound volcano
Elevation
2899m
Last eruption
2016
Zhupanovsky
Photo: Игорь Шпиленок · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Compound volcano
Country
Russia
Region
Northwestern Pacific / Eastern Kamchatka Volcanic Arc
Elevation
2899m
Coordinates
53.589, 159.150
Last eruption
2016
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic andesite
Geological summary

The Zhupanovsky volcanic massif consists of four overlapping stratovolcanoes along a WNW-trending ridge. The elongated complex was constructed within a Pliocene-early Pleistocene caldera whose rim is exposed only on the eastern side. Three of the stratovolcanoes were built during the Pleistocene. An early Holocene stage of frequent moderate and weak eruptions from 7,000 to 5,000 years before present (BP) was followed by a period of infrequent larger eruptions that produced pyroclastic flows. The last major eruption took place about 800-900 BP. Recorded eruptions have consisted of relatively minor explosions from Priemysh, the third cone from the E about 2.5 km from the summit peak.

Eruption history

16 recordedGlossary
Summary (VEI over time)
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5050 BCE~4814 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?3166 BCE~2930 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?339 BCE~104 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?104 BCE~132 · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?838~1074 · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?1545~1780 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21780~2016 · 10 eruptions · max VEI 35050 BCE3401 BCE1517 BCE1321780

Detailed timeline

  1. 2016VEI 2Observed
    2016-11-20 – 2016-11-20
    Priemysh Crater
  2. 2015VEI 3Observed
    2015-11-28 – 2016-03-25
    Priemysh Crater
  3. 2014VEI 3Observed
    2014-06-06 – 2015-08-06
    Priemysh Crater
  4. 2013VEI 2Observed
    2013-10-23 – 2013-10-26
    Summit crater
  5. 1959VEI 2Observed
    1959-07-02 – end unknown
  6. 1956VEI 2Observed
    1956-12-27 – 1957-06-16
    Middle crater, east crater
  7. 1940VEI 2Observed
    1940-01-16 – 1940-02-16
  8. 1929VEI 2Observed
    1929-07-02 – end unknown
  9. 1925VEI 2Observed
    1925-07-02 – end unknown
  10. 1882VEI 2Observed
    1882-07-02 – end unknown
  11. 1776VEI 2Observed
    1776-10 – end unknown
  12. 1000 (±500 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    1000 – end unknown
  13. 50 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate
    50 BCE – end unknown
  14. 220 BCE (±50 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    220 BCE – end unknown
  15. 3050 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate
    3050 BCE – end unknown
  16. 5050 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate
    5050 BCE – end unknown

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