VOLCANOES
OF SOUTH KAMCHATKA
| Gorely volcano | |
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| Hazard synopsis | ||||||||||||
Gorely
is one of the most active volcanoes of the Southern Kamchatka.
Principal hazards are ash plumes, ash falls, phreatic blasts
and lahars. Ash falls possible at: Paratunka (45 km to the north from the volcano) Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (65 km to the northeast) Yelizovo (70 km to the north) |
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| Monitoring status | ||||||||||||
| Seismic, visual, satellite monitoring | ||||||||||||
| Form and structure | ||||||||||||
The
present structure of the volcano occupies the central part of the
caldera (13x12 km) and comprises three merged cones that stretch
in a ridge of the west-north-west-wards. There are 11 superimposed
craters at the summit. And about 40 adventive vents with lava flows
on the slopes. |
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| Volcanic activity | ||||||||||||
Phreatic and phreato-magmatic
eruptions with VEI 2 or 3 are typical of the volcano. |
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| Location | ||||||||||||
The
volcano is located in Southern Kamchatka, about 75 km to the southwest
from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. |
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| Composition | ||||||||||||
| Andesits and andesibasalts | ||||||||||||
| Age | ||||||||||||
| Upper Pleistocene | ||||||||||||
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 Literature about Gorely volcano. |
