KVERT: ACTIVE VOLCANOES OF KAMCHATKA AND NORTHERN KURILES. Kronotsky

Kronotsky Volcano

GVP Number	300200
IAVCEI Number	1000-20-
Location	54°45'11" N, 160°31'58" E
Last Eruption	1922 - 1923
Elevation	3528 m

Location

Volcano is location in the northern sector of the Eastern Kamchatkan volcanic area, 10 km east of Kronotsky Lake, 225 km northeast from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.

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Form and structure

Kronotsky is a stratovolcano with an ideal conical shape. There is a small andesibasalts extrusion at the summit. All historic eruptions and fumarolic activity were noted on a single fumarolic field situated on the southern slope at an altitude of 3,150 m.

Composition

Basalts and andesibasalts

Age

Upper Pleistocene

Links

Current activity of the volcanoes (photoes)

Volcanoes of Kurile-Kamchatka Island Arc (VOKKIA) Information System

Holocene Volcanoes in Kamchatka

Literature about volcano

Aviation color code

GREEN

Last VONA/KVERT Releases

No VONA/KVERT Releases

Hazard synopsis

Summit eruptions are possible with ash plumes, ash falls, pyroclastic flows, lava flows, and lahars. The southern sector of the volcano is also an area of possible lateral eruptions.

Monitoring status

satellite

Eruptions

1922 – 1923

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