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Kizimen

Type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
2334m
Last eruption
2013
Kizimen
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Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Russia
Region
Northwestern Pacific / Eastern Kamchatka Volcanic Arc
Elevation
2334m
Coordinates
55.131, 160.320
Last eruption
2013
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic andesite

Geological summary

Kizimen is an isolated, conical stratovolcano that is morphologically similar to St. Helens prior to its 1980 eruption.

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

From Wikipedia

Kizimen is an active stratovolcano in the southern part of Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia.

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Eruption history

11 recordedGlossary

Record summary

Confirmed eruptions
11
Uncertain eruptions
0
Span of confirmed record
8050 BCE – 2013
Largest confirmed eruption
VEI 5 (6400 BCE, the most recent of 2)
Confirmed eruptions since 1900
2
Summary (VEI over time)
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8050 BCE~7715 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 56709 BCE~6373 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 56038 BCE~5703 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?4697 BCE~4361 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 44361 BCE~4026 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21343 BCE~1008 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?333~669 · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?669~1004 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 31675~2010 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 38050 BCE5703 BCE3020 BCE673 BCE1675

Detailed timeline

  1. 2010VEI 3Observed
    2010-11-11 – 2013-09-13
    SE flank fissure
  2. 1927VEI 2Observed
    1927-12-16 – 1928-01-16
  3. 850VEI 3Geological estimate
    850 – end unknown
  4. 700 (±50 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    700 – end unknown
  5. 350 (±75 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    350 – end unknown
  6. 1010 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate
    1010 BCE – end unknown
  7. 4050 BCEVEI 2Geological estimate
    4050 BCE – end unknown
  8. 4450 BCEVEI 4Geological estimate
    4450 BCE – end unknown
  9. 5800 BCE (±50 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    5800 BCE – end unknown
  10. 6400 BCE (±50 yrs)VEI 5Geological estimate
    6400 BCE – end unknown
  11. 8050 BCEVEI 5Geological estimate
    8050 BCE – end unknown

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