Russia · Stratovolcano
Bakening
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Elevation
- 2278m
- Last eruption
- -550
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Country
- Russia
- Region
- Northwestern Pacific / Eastern Kamchatka Volcanic Arc
- Elevation
- 2278m
- Coordinates
- 53.905, 158.070
- Last eruption
- -550
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- Andesite / Basaltic andesite
Geological summary
Bakening (also known as Bakenin) lies well west of the eastern volcanic range of Kamchatka, at the head of the Srednyaya Avacha River, about 100 km NNW of Petropavlovsk.
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From Wikipedia
Bakening is a stratovolcano located in the southern part of Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia.
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Eruption history
5 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 5
- Uncertain eruptions
- 0
- Span of confirmed record
- 7550 BCE (±500 yrs) – 550 BCE
- Largest confirmed eruption
- VEI 3 (6550 BCE)
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 0
Summary (VEI over time)
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Detailed timeline
- 550 BCEVEI 2Geological estimate550 BCE – end unknownWestern flank
- 1550 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate1550 BCE – end unknownSE flank
- 6300 BCE (±300 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate6300 BCE – end unknown
- 6550 BCE (±500 yrs)VEI 3Geological estimate6550 BCE – end unknownWest of Bakening
- 7550 BCE (±500 yrs)VEI 2Geological estimate7550 BCE – end unknownNE flank (Novo-Bakening)
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