Russia · Stratovolcano
Akademia Nauk
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Elevation
- 1180m
- Last eruption
- 1996
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Country
- Russia
- Region
- Northwestern Pacific / Eastern Kamchatka Volcanic Arc
- Elevation
- 1180m
- Coordinates
- 53.980, 159.450
- Last eruption
- 1996
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- Andesite / Basaltic andesite
Geological summary
The lake-filled Akademia Nauk caldera is one of three volcanoes constructed within the mid-Pleistocene, 15-km-wide Polovinka caldera.
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From Wikipedia
Akademia Nauk is a volcano located in the southern part of Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, next to the stratovolcano of Karymsky. The volcano is filled with a few calderas, and the most notable one is known as Karymsky Lake.
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Eruption history
4 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 4
- Uncertain eruptions
- 0
- Span of confirmed record
- 5500 BCE (±500 yrs) – 1996
- Largest confirmed eruption
- VEI 3 (1996, the most recent of 2)
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 1
Summary (VEI over time)
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Detailed timeline
- 1996VEI 3Observed1996-01-02 – 1996-01-03North margin of Karymsky Lake
- 950 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate950 BCE – end unknownNorth of Karymsky Lake
- 3850 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate3850 BCE – end unknownNorth of Karymsky Lake (Lagerny cone)
- 5500 BCE (±500 yrs)VEI 3Geological estimate5500 BCE – end unknownN margin of caldera lake (Karymsky maar)
Nearby volcanoes
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