Russia · Stratovolcano
Kikhpinych
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Elevation
- 1515m
- Last eruption
- 1550
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Country
- Russia
- Region
- Northwestern Pacific / Eastern Kamchatka Volcanic Arc
- Elevation
- 1515m
- Coordinates
- 54.489, 160.251
- Last eruption
- 1550
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- Basalt / Picro-basalt
Geological summary
Kikhpinych, the youngest stratovolcano of the Eastern Volcanic Zone of Kamchatka, contains three summits constructed along a roughly E-W line above the eroded Pleistocene Pik volcano, NE of the Uzon caldera.
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From Wikipedia
Kikhpinych is a stratovolcano located in the eastern part of the Kamchatka Peninsula, which feeds the famous Valley of Geysers.
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Eruption history
8 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 8
- Uncertain eruptions
- 0
- Span of confirmed record
- 2850 BCE – 1550
- Largest confirmed eruption
- VEI 4 (1350, the most recent of 2)
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 0
Summary (VEI over time)
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Detailed timeline
- 1550VEI ?Geological estimate1550 – end unknownEast flank of Savich (Krab cone)
- 1350VEI 4Geological estimate1350 – end unknownSavich cone and north flank
- 900 (±50 yrs)VEI 3Geological estimate900 – end unknownSavich cone
- 830 (±25 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate830 – end unknownSavich cone
- 650VEI ?Geological estimate650 – end unknownSavich cone
- 550VEI 3Geological estimate550 – end unknownEast side of Zapadny, Savich cone
- 2780 BCE (±25 yrs)VEI 4Geological estimate2780 BCE – end unknownZapadny
- 2850 BCEVEI 3Geological estimate2850 BCE – end unknownZapadny
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