Kamen Volcano

Updated: May 15, 2024 17:56 GMT - refresh

Stratovolcano 4585 m / 15,042 ft
Kamchatka, Russia, 56.02°N / 160.59°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)

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Typical eruption style: unspecified
Kamen volcano eruptions: unknown, no recent eruptions

Latest nearby earthquakes

Time	Mag. / Depth	Distance / Location
May 12, 11:02 pm (Kamchatka)	4.8 143 km	20 km (13 mi) to the NE	20 km S of Klyuchi, Russia I FELT IT - 1 report	Info

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Background

The steep-sided Kamen stratovolcano lies at the center of a N-S-trending chain of volcanoes, flanked by Bezymianny and Kliuchevskoi. The sharp-peaked, 4585-m-high Kamen is Kamchatka's second highest volcano, topped only by its neighbor Kliuchevskoi. Kamen formed during the late Pleistocene, but activity continued into the Holocene (Melekestsev et al., 1990). A major slope failure about 1200-1300 years ago removed much of the eastern side of the volcano, producing a massive 4-6 cu km debris avalanche that traveled more than 30 km to the SE.
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Kamen Volcano Photos

View over Nea Kameni island, Santorini at sunset (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

$The vertical cliff face of Palea Kameni's east side. Probably around 1457-58 AD, a part of the island broke off, exposing the concentrically fractured interior of the lava dome that forms the island which appeared in the caldera in 197 BC. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)$

The vertical cliff face of Palea Kameni's east side. Probably around 1457-58 AD, a part of the island broke off, exposing the concentrically fractured interior of the lav...

Erupting Klyuchevskoy volcano, Kamchatka, with the new lava flow and Kamen volcano (Sep 2013) (Photo: Sergey Krasnoshchokov)

Nea Kameni (l) and Palea Kameni volcanic islands in the center of the Santorini caldera seen from the air. The Akrotiri peninsula in the background. Underwater hydrotherm...

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