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Gamchen

Type
Complex volcano
Elevation
2539m
Last eruption
-188
Gamchen
Photo: NASA (ASTER/Terra) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Complex volcano
Country
Russia
Region
Northwestern Pacific / Eastern Kamchatka Volcanic Arc
Elevation
2539m
Coordinates
54.974, 160.703
Last eruption
-188
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Basalt / Picro-basalt

Geological summary

Gamchen is a complex volcano composed of four stratovolcanoes, one of which is of Holocene age. Yuzhny Gamchen and Severny Gamchen are steep-sided eroded stratovolcanoes of Pleistocene age.

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From Wikipedia

Gamchen is a complex volcano located in the southeastern part of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. It is composed of four stratovolcanoes.

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Eruption history

3 recordedGlossary

Record summary

Confirmed eruptions
3
Uncertain eruptions
0
Span of confirmed record
1650 BCE – 188 BCE
Largest confirmed eruption
No VEI recorded
Confirmed eruptions since 1900
0
Summary (VEI over time)
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1650 BCE~1504 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?627 BCE~480 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?334 BCE~188 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?1650 BCE1358 BCE919 BCE627 BCE334 BCE

Detailed timeline

  1. 188 BCE (±80 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    188 BCE – end unknown
  2. 550 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate
    550 BCE – end unknown
    SE flank (Barany, Lukovitsa)
  3. 1650 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate
    1650 BCE – end unknown
    SE flank (Barany)

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