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Karymsky

Type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
1513m
Last eruption
2025
Karymsky
Photo: Tany Solovey · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Russia
Region
Northwestern Pacific / Eastern Kamchatka Volcanic Arc
Elevation
1513m
Coordinates
54.049, 159.443
Last eruption
2025
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic andesite
Geological summary

Karymsky is a symmetrical stratovolcano constructed within a 5-km-wide caldera that formed during the early Holocene. The caldera cuts the S side of the Pleistocene Dvor volcano and is located outside the N margin of the large mid-Pleistocene Polovinka caldera, which contains the smaller Akademia Nauk and Odnoboky calderas. Most seismicity preceding Karymsky eruptions originated beneath Akademia Nauk caldera, located immediately south. The enclosing caldera formed about 7,600-7,700 radiocarbon years ago; construction of the stratovolcano began about 2,000 years later. The latest eruptive period began about 500 years ago, following a 2,300 years of quiescence. Much of the cone is covered by lava flows less than 200 years old. Recorded eruptions have been Vulcanian or Vulcanian-Strombolian with moderate explosive activity and occasional lava flows from the summit crater.

From Wikipedia

Karymsky is an active stratovolcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. It and Shiveluch are Kamchatka's largest, most active and most continuously erupting volcanoes, as well as one of the most active on the planet.

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Eruption history

53 recordedGlossary
Summary (VEI over time)
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6600 BCE~6312 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 64300 BCE~4012 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?3725 BCE~3437 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?3437 BCE~3150 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 42575 BCE~2287 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 32287 BCE~2000 BCE · 2 eruptions · max VEI 41425 BCE~1137 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21137 BCE~850 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?850 BCE~562 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 3875~1163 · 3 eruptions · max VEI 21450~1738 · 3 eruptions · max VEI ?1738~2025 · 37 eruptions · max VEI 36600 BCE4587 BCE2287 BCE275 BCE1738

Detailed timeline

  1. 2025VEI 2Observed
    2025-04-29 – 2025-08-27
  2. 2024VEI 3Observed
    2024-06-20 – 2024-11-12
  3. 2020VEI 3Observed
    2020-04-01 – 2022-08-07
  4. 2017VEI 3Observed
    2017-06-04 – 2019-09-24
    Summit crater
  5. 2016VEI 2Observed
    2016-10-05 – 2016-10-08
    Summit crater
  6. 2001VEI 3Observed
    2001-11-15 – 2016-04-01
    Summit and upper south flank
  7. 1996VEI 3Observed
    1996-01-02 – 2000-12-20
    New summit crater SW of 1970-82 crater
  8. 1970VEI 3Observed
    1970-05-11 – 1982-10-11
  9. 1967VEI 1Observed
    1967-11-16 – 1967-11-16
  10. 1965VEI 3Observed
    1965-05-15 – 1967-02-16
  11. 1960VEI 3Observed
    1960-04-16 – 1964-12-16
  12. 1956VEI 1Observed
    1956-03-16 – 1957-02-16
  13. 1955VEI 2Observed
    1955-07-02 – end unknown
  14. 1953VEI 2Observed
    1953-07-02 – end unknown
  15. 1952VEI 2Observed
    1952-11-16 – end unknown
  16. 1947VEI 2Observed
    1947-04-16 – end unknown
  17. 1946VEI 2Observed
    1946-04-16 – end unknown
  18. 1946VEI 2Observed
    1946-09-16 – 1946-10-16
  19. 1945VEI 2Observed
    1945-09-16 – end unknown
  20. 1943VEI 2Observed
    1943-02-01 – end unknown
  21. 1940VEI 2Observed
    1940-07-02 – end unknown
  22. 1938VEI 2Observed
    1938-10-16 – end unknown
  23. 1934VEI 2Observed
    1934-11-16 – 1935-02-16
  24. 1933VEI 2Observed
    1933-09-16 – 1933-10-16
  25. 1932VEI 2Observed
    1932-06-16 – end unknown
  26. 1929VEI 2Observed
    1929-07-02 – end unknown
  27. 1925VEI 2Observed
    1925-07-16 – end unknown
  28. 1923VEI 2Observed
    1923-02-16 – end unknown
  29. 1921VEI 2Observed
    1921-09-16 – end unknown
  30. 1915VEI 2Observed
    1915-07-02 – end unknown
  31. 1912VEI 2Observed
    1912-01-16 – end unknown
  32. 1911VEI 2Observed
    1911-07-02 – end unknown
  33. 1908VEI 2Observed
    1908-07-02 – end unknown
  34. 1854VEI 2Observed
    1854-09-16 – end unknown
  35. 1852VEI 2Observed
    1852-07-02 – end unknown
  36. 1830VEI 2Observed
    1830-07-02 – end unknown
  37. 1771VEI 2Observed
    1771 – end unknown
  38. 1730 (±25 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    1730 – end unknown
  39. 1550VEI ?Geological estimate
    1550 – end unknown
  40. 1450VEI ?Geological estimate
    1450 – end unknown
  41. 1150VEI 2Geological estimate
    1150 – end unknown
  42. 1050VEI ?Geological estimate
    1050 – end unknown
  43. 950VEI ?Geological estimate
    950 – end unknown
  44. 850 BCEVEI 3Geological estimate
    850 BCE – end unknown
  45. 1100 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate
    1100 BCE – end unknown
  46. 1400 BCEVEI 2Geological estimate
    1400 BCE – end unknown
  47. 2050 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate
    2050 BCE – end unknown
  48. 2250 BCEVEI 4Geological estimate
    2250 BCE – end unknown
  49. 2350 BCEVEI 3Geological estimate
    2350 BCE – end unknown
  50. 3200 BCEVEI 4Geological estimate
    3200 BCE – end unknown
  51. 3450 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate
    3450 BCE – end unknown
  52. 4150 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate
    4150 BCE – end unknown
  53. 6600 BCEVEI 6Geological estimate
    6600 BCE – end unknown
    Karymsky caldera

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