Verkhovoy Volcano
Updated: Sep 12, 2024 21:27 GMT -
Shield volcano 1400+ m / 4,593 ft
Kamchatka, Russia, 56.52°N / 159.53°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
Kamchatka, Russia, 56.52°N / 159.53°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
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Verkhovoy volcano eruptions: unknown, no recent eruptions
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Background
Verkhovoy, a small late-Quaternary Icelandic-type basaltic to basaltic-andesite shield volcano in the central Sredinny Range, is dwarfed by its massive neighbor to the NNE, Alney-Chashakondzha volcano. Early geologic studies in the Sredinny Range (Ogorodov et al., 1972) identified numerous Holocene eruptive centers based primarily on morphological criteria. However, later work has suggested that Sredinny Range volcanoes are less mantled by Holocene tephras than eastern Kamchatka volcanoes and therefore appear more youthful, so that Holocene eruptions are uncertain for many of these Sredinny Range eruptive vents.---
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