Karymsky (volcano)

Active stratovolcano on the Kamchatka peninsula of Russia
Karymsky is located in Far Eastern Federal District
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Karymsky
Location of Karymsky volcano
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Karymsky is located in Kamchatka Krai
Karymsky
Karymsky
Karymsky (Kamchatka Krai)
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LocationKamchatka Peninsula, RussiaParent rangeEastern RangeGeologyAge of rockHoloceneMountain typeStratovolcanoLast eruption2001 to 2024 (ongoing, non-stop) [1]ClimbingEasiest routebasic rock/snow climb
Karymsky, Side view.
Satellite image of the area around the volcano. Ash from earlier eruptions has settled onto the snowy landscape, leaving dark grey swaths. The ash stains are confined to the south of the volcano's summit, one large stain fanning out toward the south-west, and another toward the east.

Karymsky (Russian: Карымская сопка, Karymskaya sopka) is an active stratovolcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. It and Shiveluch are Kamchatka's largest, most active and most continuously erupting volcanoes, as well as one of the most active on the planet.

It is named after the Karyms, an ethnic group in Russia.

Description

Karymsky is a symmetrical stratovolcano rising within a 5-km-wide caldera that formed during the early Holocene. Much of the cone is mantled by lava flows less than 200 years old. Historical eruptions have been vulcanian or vulcanian-strombolian with moderate explosive activity and occasional lava flows from the summit crater.[2] There is currently an ongoing cycle of non-stop eruption occurring, and is the peninsula's most active, and reliable volcano, which has been erupting continuously since 1996.

Eruptions

An ongoing cycle of almost continuous eruption has been occurring since 1996.

Karymsky Lake and Volcano

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Karymsky Volcano". Volcano Discovery. 7 Mar 2019. Retrieved 2020-01-26.
  2. ^ a b "Karymsky". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
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