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Veer

Type
Pyroclastic cone
Elevation
520m
Last eruption
390
Flow ridges are visible on the surface of a sparsely vegetated lava flow originating from the Veer scoria cone to the right, in the Levaya Avacha river valley. Veer is one of a number of cones scattered throughout the Avacha river basin. This eruption took place 1,600-1,700 years Before Present (BP).
Flow ridges are visible on the surface of a sparsely vegetated lava flow originating from the Veer scoria cone to the right, in the Levaya Avacha river valley. Veer is one of a number of cones scattered throughout the Avacha river basin. This eruption took place 1,600-1,700 years Before Present (BP). · Photo: Copyrighted photo by Oleg Dirksen (Holocene Kamchataka volcanoes; http://www.kscnet.ru/ivs/volcanoes/holocene/main/main.htm).
Type
Pyroclastic cone
Country
Russia
Region
Northwestern Pacific / Eastern Kamchatka Volcanic Arc
Elevation
520m
Coordinates
53.752, 158.448
Last eruption
390
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Minor (basaltic)
Major rock type
Basalt / Picro-basalt

Geological summary

Cinder cones along the Levaya Avacha River about 60 km N of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy erupted lavas over young river terraces.

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

Eruption history

1 recordedGlossary

Record summary

Confirmed eruptions
1
Uncertain eruptions
0
Span of confirmed record
390 (±75 yrs) – 390
Largest confirmed eruption
VEI 2 (390)
Confirmed eruptions since 1900
0
Summary (VEI over time)
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390~390 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 2390390391391391

Detailed timeline

  1. 390 (±75 yrs)VEI 2Geological estimate
    390 – end unknown

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