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Khangar

Type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
1967m
Last eruption
1500
Khangar
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Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Russia
Region
Northwestern Pacific / Central Kamchatka Volcanic Arc
Elevation
1967m
Coordinates
54.761, 157.407
Last eruption
1500
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Dacite

Geological summary

Khangar volcano, also spelled Hangar, is the southernmost volcano in the Sredinny Range of western Kamchatka.

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From Wikipedia

Khangar is a stratovolcano located in the central part of Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. It is the southernmost volcano of the Sredinny Range. Its 2 km-wide caldera is now filled by a lake.

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Eruption history

10 recordedGlossary

Record summary

Confirmed eruptions
10
Uncertain eruptions
0
Span of confirmed record
9500 BCE (±300 yrs) – 1500
Largest confirmed eruption
VEI 6 (5700 BCE)
Confirmed eruptions since 1900
0
Summary (VEI over time)
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9500 BCE~9133 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 48400 BCE~8033 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?7300 BCE~6933 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?6567 BCE~6200 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?5833 BCE~5467 BCE · 2 eruptions · max VEI 62900 BCE~2533 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?700 BCE~333 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?767~1133 · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?1133~1500 · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?9500 BCE6933 BCE4000 BCE1433 BCE1133

Detailed timeline

  1. 1500 (±40 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    1500 – end unknown
  2. 1000 (±16 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    1000 – end unknown
  3. 350 BCE (±30 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    350 BCE – end unknown
  4. 2700 BCE (±25 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    2700 BCE – end unknown
  5. 5500 BCE (±25 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    5500 BCE – end unknown
  6. 5700 BCE (±16 yrs)VEI 6Geological estimate
    5700 BCE – end unknown
  7. 6400 BCE (±75 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    6400 BCE – end unknown
  8. 7100 BCE (±100 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    7100 BCE – end unknown
  9. 8250 BCE (±100 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    8250 BCE – end unknown
  10. 9500 BCE (±300 yrs)VEI 4Geological estimate
    9500 BCE – end unknown

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