KVERT: ACTIVE VOLCANOES OF KAMCHATKA AND NORTHERN KURILES. Bezymianny

Bezymianny Volcano

GVP Number	300250
IAVCEI Number	1000-25-
Location	55°58'19" N, 160°35'43" E
Last Eruption	2017/12/20
Elevation	2882 m

Location

The volcano is located in the center of Klyuchevskaya group volcanoes of the Kamchatka, at a distance of 40 km from Klyuchi and of 350 km from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.

Google Earth

Form and structure

A complex massif: inside the explosive caldera 1956 in diameter 1.3x2.8 km, opened to the east, proceeds a growth of the lava dome Novy (New).

Composition

Andesites predominant, besides dacites, andesibasalts and basalts.

Age

About 10000-11000 – Pra-Bezymianny volcano.
About 5500 – Bezymianny volcano.

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

YELLOW

Last VONA/KVERT Releases

All VONA/KVERT Releases

Hazard synopsis

Moderate potential hazards are caused by ash plumes, ash falls, pyroclastic flows, hot avalanches and lahars. The volcano constitutes a potential hazard to international and local airlines at Kamchatka because its eruptive clouds can rise to a height of 8-15 km a.s.l. and extend for hundreds of kilometers from the volcano to different directions.

Ash falls possible at:

Klyuchi (40 km to the north-northeast from the volcano)
Kozyrevsk (47 km to the west-northwest)
Ust’-Kamchatsk (125 km to the north-east)
Ust’-Khairyuzovo (290 km to the north-west)
Ichinsky (315 km to the west-southwest)

Monitoring status

seismic, web video camera, satellite, visual

Web-cameras

Eruptions

2017/12/20

2017/6/16

2017/3/9 – 2017/3/10

2016/12/5 – 2017/2/28

2012/9/1

2012/3/8

2011/4/13

2010/5/31

2009/12/16 – 2009/12/17

2008/8/19

2007/11/5

2007/10/14 – 2007/10/15

2007/5/11

2006/12/24

2006/5/9

2005/11/30

2005/1/11

2004/6/18

2004/1/13

2003/7/26

2002/12/25

2001/12/16

2001/8/6

2000/11/1

2000/3/13

1999/2/24

1997/12/5

1997/5/9

1995/10/5

1993/10/21

1992/3/12

1990/3/9

1989/8/2

1986/12/16

1986/6/24

1985/6/30 – 1985/7/1

1984/10/12 – 1984/10/13

1984/2/15

1983/5/22

1982/6/10

1981/12/20

1981/6/13 – 1981/6/14

1980/4/18

1979/9/17

1979/2/11

1978/9/30

1977/3/25

1965/3/9 – 1965/3/10

1956/3/31 – 1965/3/9

1956/3/30 – 1956/3/31

1955/10/22 – 1956/3/30

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