Kitkhoysky Volcano
Updated: Apr 19, 2024 19:43 GMT -
Shield(s) 1350 m / 4429 ft
Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, 53.58°N / 158.56°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, 53.58°N / 158.56°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
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Kitkhoysky volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)
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Background
Two Pleistocene shield-like volcanoes are located NW of Kupol and SW of Vershkinsky volcanoes (Erlich 1985, pers. comm.). Satellite imagery in Google Earth appears to show a 6-km-diameter caldera open to the N with a later cone or dome complex on the eastern side.---
Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information