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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 AT 20201227/0230Z FL220 EXTD N OBS VA DTG: 27/0230Z to 22000 ft (6700 m)Sun, 27 Dec 2020, 03:15 03:15 AM | 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 15 kts in N direction. The full report is as follows: FVFE01 at 03:02 UTC, 27/12/20 from RJTD VA ADVISORY DTG: 20201227/0302Z VAAC: TOKYO VOLCANO: KLYUCHEVSKOY 300260 PSN: N5603 E16039 AREA: RUSSIA SUMMIT ELEV: 4754M ADVISORY NR: 2020/435 INFO SOURCE: HIMAWARI-8 AVIATION COLOUR CODE: NIL ERUPTION DETAILS: VA AT 20201227/0230Z FL220 EXTD N OBS VA DTG: 27/0230Z OBS VA CLD: SFC/FL220 N5604 E16034 - N5634 E16037 - N5650 E16059 - N5641 E16104 - N5629 E16052 - N5601 E16043 MOV N 15KT FCST VA CLD +6 HR: 27/0830Z SFC/FL220 N5654 E16137 - N5558 E16044 - N5534 E15836 - N5619 E15753 - N5715 E16115 FCST VA CLD +12 HR: 27/1430Z SFC/FL220 N5600 E16047 - N5501 E15918 - N5508 E15550 - N5548 E15520 - N5659 E16108 FCST VA CLD +18 HR: NO VA EXP RMK: SOME PART OF VA OBSCURED BY MET CLOUD. NXT ADVISORY: 20201227/0600Z=   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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