Skip to main content
Back to map
CompareShow on map

Russia · Pyroclastic cone

Zavaritsky

Type
Pyroclastic cone
Elevation
1547m
Last eruption
-800
Zavaritsky is the group of six scoria cones in the center of this August 2018 Planet Labs satellite image monthly mosaic (N is at the top; this image is approximately 17 km across). The highest cone is Mount Peschanaya towards the south. The crater of one of the cones is visible on the SE flank.
Zavaritsky is the group of six scoria cones in the center of this August 2018 Planet Labs satellite image monthly mosaic (N is at the top; this image is approximately 17 km across). The highest cone is Mount Peschanaya towards the south. The crater of one of the cones is visible on the SE flank. · Photo: Satellite image courtesy of Planet Labs Inc., 2018 (https://www.planet.com/).
Type
Pyroclastic cone
Country
Russia
Region
Northwestern Pacific / Eastern Kamchatka Volcanic Arc
Elevation
1547m
Coordinates
53.907, 158.385
Last eruption
-800
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Basalt / Picro-basalt

Geological summary

Zavaritsky volcano consists of a complex of six cinder cones trending NW-SE, and an explosion crater located near the headwaters of the Levaya Avacha River west of the main Eastern Kamchatka volcanic arc.

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

Eruption history

2 recordedGlossary

Record summary

Confirmed eruptions
2
Uncertain eruptions
0
Span of confirmed record
850 BCE – 800 BCE
Largest confirmed eruption
VEI 4 (850 BCE)
Confirmed eruptions since 1900
0
Summary (VEI over time)
Click a bar to see individual eruptions · Use arrow keys to move between bars, Enter to open
850 BCE~845 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 4805 BCE~800 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 2850 BCE840 BCE825 BCE815 BCE805 BCE

Detailed timeline

  1. 800 BCE (±500 yrs)VEI 2Geological estimate
    800 BCE – end unknown
    14 km WNW of Zavaritsky
  2. 850 BCEVEI 4Geological estimate
    850 BCE – end unknown
    Mt. Peschanaya and adjacent cones

Nearby volcanoes

External links

⚠ For reference only. Not for emergency response.