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Cherpuk Group

Type
Pyroclastic cone
Elevation
1868m
Last eruption
-4550
The Yuzhny Cherpuk cinder cone (left-center horizon) and its andesitic lava flow are located 11 km SSW from Ichinsky volcano. The fresh-looking lava flow was erupted about 6,500 years ago and traveled 18 km. Severny Cherpuk (South Cherpuk) and Yuzhny Cherpuk (North Cherpuk) are two cinder cones SW of Ichinsky that comprise the largest monogenetic volcanoes of the Sredinny Range. Severny Cherpuk, 21 km SW of Ichinsky, is a double cone that was constructed along the crest of the Sredinny Range.
The Yuzhny Cherpuk cinder cone (left-center horizon) and its andesitic lava flow are located 11 km SSW from Ichinsky volcano. The fresh-looking lava flow was erupted about 6,500 years ago and traveled 18 km. Severny Cherpuk (South Cherpuk) and Yuzhny Cherpuk (North Cherpuk) are two cinder cones SW of Ichinsky that comprise the largest monogenetic volcanoes of the Sredinny Range. Severny Cherpuk, 21 km SW of Ichinsky, is a double cone that was constructed along the crest of the Sredinny Range. · Photo: Copyrighted photo by Adam Kirilenko, 2000 (Holocene Kamchatka Volcanoes, www.kamchatka.ginras.ru).
Type
Pyroclastic cone
Country
Russia
Region
Northwestern Pacific / Central Kamchatka Volcanic Arc
Elevation
1868m
Coordinates
55.550, 157.470
Last eruption
-4550
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Minor
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic andesite

Geological summary

Severny Cherpuk (South Cherpuk) and Yuzhny Cherpuk (North Cherpuk) are two cinder cones SW of Ichinsky volcano that comprise the largest monogenetic volcanoes of the Sredinny Range.

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From Wikipedia

Cherpuk Group is a group of two cinder cones located in the central part of Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. It is a group of a few mostly dormant cinder cones.

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Eruption history

1 recordedGlossary

Record summary

Confirmed eruptions
1
Uncertain eruptions
0
Span of confirmed record
4550 BCE – 4550 BCE
Largest confirmed eruption
No VEI recorded
Confirmed eruptions since 1900
0
Summary (VEI over time)
Click a bar to see individual eruptions · Use arrow keys to move between bars, Enter to open
4550 BCE~4550 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?4550 BCE4550 BCE4549 BCE4549 BCE4549 BCE

Detailed timeline

  1. 4550 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate
    4550 BCE – end unknown
    North and South Cherpuk

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