Bolshoi-Kekuknaysky
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Bolshoi-Kekuknaysky | |
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Elevation | 1,401 metres (4,596 feet) |
Location | Kamchatka, Russia |
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Type | Shield volcanoes |
Last eruption | 5310 BC ± 100 years |
Bolshoi-Kekuknaysky (also Bolshaya-Kekuknaysky) is a volcano located in the central part of Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. It comprises two shield volcanoes: Bolshoi (1301 m) and Kekuknaysky (1401 m). Their lava flows and cinder cones have dammed a valley dissecting the mountain, creating the Bolshoe Gol’tsovoe and Maloe Gol’tsovoe lakes. The last eruption occurred at Kekuk Crater, about 7,200 years ago.
[edit] References
- Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program: Bolshoi-Kekuknaysky
- New data on Holocene monogenetic volcanism of the northern Kamchatka: ages and space distribution, by Maria M. Pevzner