VOLCANOES
OF SOUTH KAMCHATKA
| Koshelev volcano | |
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| Hazard synopsis | ||||||||
The
principal hazards of this volcano are ash explosions, ash clouds,
ash falls, pyroclastic flows lava flows and lahars. Ash falls possible at: Pauzhetka (14 km to the northeast from the volcano) Ozernovskiy (18 km to the northwest) Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (230 km to the northeast) |
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| Monitoring status | ||||||||
| Satellite monitoring | ||||||||
| Form and structure | ||||||||
The
volcanic massif consists of five big volcanic edifices. |
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| Volcanic activity | ||||||||
1690
(?) |
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| Location | ||||||||
The
volcano is located in Southern Kamchatka. |
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| Composition | ||||||||
| Basalts, andesite-basalts, andesits. | ||||||||
| Age | ||||||||
| Early Pleistocene-Holocene | ||||||||
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| Holocene Volcanoes in Kamchatka. Koshelev volcano. |
