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Bolshoy Chekchebonay volcano

Shield 1391 m / 4564 ft
Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, 56.92°N / 159.42°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5) | Reports
Bolshoy Chekchebonay volcano books
Typical eruption style: unspecified
Bolshoy Chekchebonay volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene) No recent earthquakes
TimeMag. / DepthDistanceLocation

Background:

Lower-Pleistocene shield volcano with Hawaiian-type summit caldera (Ogorodov et al. 1972).
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Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information


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