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Stratovolcano 4835 m (15,863 ft)
Kamchatka, 56.06°N / 160.64°E
Current status: erupting (4 out of 5)
Klyuchevskoy volcano eruptions:
1697-98, 1720-21, 1727-31, 1737, 1740, 1762, 1767, 1770, 1772, 1785, 1787, 1788, 1789-90, 1791, 1807, 1812, 1813, 1819-22, 1829, 1840, 1848, 1852, 1853-54, 1865, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1882, 1883, 1890, 1896-97, 1890, 1896-97, 1898, 1904, 1907, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1915, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1935-36, 1937-39, 1944-1945, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960-63, 1963-64, 1965-1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1971-73, 1974, 1977-80, 1981, 1982, 1982-83, 1984-85, 1986, 1986-90, 1991, 1992, 1992-93, 1994-95, 1996-97, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2002-04, 2005 - ongoing
Typical eruption style:Dominantly explosive, strombolian and vulcanian activity, sometimes lava flows from fissure vents. At present in a phase of near-persistant activity.
Klyuchevskoy volcano tours: Kamchatka - Land of Colors (volcano expedition to Kamchatka)
 Satelite Image by (c) Google & NASA
Klyuchevskoy Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: VA EMISSIONS CONTINUING OBS VA DTG: 28/1720Z to 22000 ft (6700 m)Sat, 28 Nov 2020, 18:15 18:15 PM | BY: VN
Explosive activity continues. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Tokyo warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 22000 ft (6700 m) altitude or flight level 220 and is moving at 25 kts in E direction. The full report is as follows: FVFE01 at 18:00 UTC, 28/11/20 from RJTD VA ADVISORY DTG: 20201128/1800Z VAAC: TOKYO VOLCANO: KLYUCHEVSKOY 300260 PSN: N5603 E16039 AREA: RUSSIA SUMMIT ELEV: 4754M ADVISORY NR: 2020/347 INFO SOURCE: HIMAWARI-8 AVIATION COLOUR CODE: NIL ERUPTION DETAILS: VA EMISSIONS CONTINUING OBS VA DTG: 28/1720Z OBS VA CLD: SFC/FL220 N5612 E16033 - N5658 E16420 - N5645 E16626 - N5619 E16621 - N5632 E16416 - N5602 E16034 MOV E 25KT FCST VA CLD +6 HR: 28/2320Z SFC/FL220 N5624 E17235 - N5640 E16749 - N5559 E16020 - N5751 E16441 - N5725 E16956 FCST VA CLD +12 HR: 29/0520Z SFC/FL220 N5612 E17622 - N5701 E16837 - N5559 E16027 - N5847 E16134 - N5743 E17119 FCST VA CLD +18 HR: NO VA EXP RMK: EASTERN PART OF VA OBSCURED BY MET CLOUD. NXT ADVISORY: 20201129/0000Z=   NASA photo of the eruption of Klyuchevsky volcano on 30 September, 1994, the volcano's largest explosion in 40 years. The large Background:Kliuchevskoi is Kamchatka's highest and most active volcano. Since its origin about 6000 years ago, the beautifully symmetrical, 4835-m-high basaltic stratovolcano has produced frequent moderate-volume explosive and effusive eruptions without major periods of inactivity. Kliuchevskoi rises above a saddle NE of sharp-peaked Kamen volcano and lies SE of the broad Ushkovsky massif. More than 100 flank eruptions have occurred at Kliuchevskoi during the past roughly 3000 years, with most lateral craters and cones occurring along radial fissures between the unconfined NE-to-SE flanks of the conical volcano between 500 m and 3600 m elevation. The morphology of its 700-m-wide summit crater has been frequently modified by historical eruptions, which have been recorded since the late-17th century. Historical eruptions have originated primarily from the summit crater, but have also included numerous major explosive and effusive eruptions from flank craters.
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Source: Klyuchevsky information by the GVP (Smithsonian Institution)
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