VOLCANOES
OF SOUTH KAMCHATKA
| Iliinsky volcano | |
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| Hazard synopsis | ||||||||
The
principal hazards of the volcano are phreatic explosions, ash clouds,
ash falls, pyroclastic flows and surges, lava flows and lakhars.
Proximity of this volcano to Kurile Lake suggests additional hazards
related to possible disruption of the lake by collapsen products
into the lake. Ash falls possible at: Ozernovskiy (50 km to the west from the volcano) Pauzhetka (28 km to the west) Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (200 km to the north-east) |
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| Monitoring status | ||||||||
| Satellite monitoring | ||||||||
| Form and structure | ||||||||
The
stratovolcano belongs to the Somma-Vesuvius type. Its north-easterrn
flank shows a big blast crater 800x1200 m in size and 200-450 m deep
which appeared in 1901. |
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| Volcanic activity | ||||||||
1901
(the powerful eruption with VEI ~ 3) |
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| Location | ||||||||
The
volcano is located in the Southern volcanic zone of Kamchatka on
the northeastern coast of Kurilskoye lake. |
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| Composition | ||||||||
| From basalts to dacites | ||||||||
| Age | ||||||||
| Upper Pleistocene-Holocene | ||||||||
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Holocene Volcanoes in Kamchatka. Iliinsky volcano. |
