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Klyuchevskoy Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: VA AT 20201115/1500Z FL180 EXTD NE OBS VA DTG: 15/1500Z to 18000 ft (5500 m)

Sun, 15 Nov 2020, 15:45 | BY: VN
Satellite image of Klyuchevskoy volcano on 15 Nov 2020
Satellite image of Klyuchevskoy volcano on 15 Nov 2020
Explosive activity continues. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Tokyo warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 18000 ft (5500 m) altitude or flight level 180 and is moving at 40 kts in NE direction.
The full report is as follows:

FVFE01 at 15:31 UTC, 15/11/20 from RJTD
VA ADVISORY
DTG: 20201115/1530Z
VAAC: TOKYO
VOLCANO: KLYUCHEVSKOY 300260
PSN: N5603 E16039
AREA: RUSSIA
SUMMIT ELEV: 4754M
ADVISORY NR: 2020/313
INFO SOURCE: HIMAWARI-8
AVIATION COLOUR CODE: NIL
ERUPTION DETAILS: VA AT 20201115/1500Z FL180 EXTD NE
OBS VA DTG: 15/1500Z
OBS VA CLD: SFC/FL180 N5604 E16037 - N5633 E16114 - N5629 E16117 -
N5602 E16038 MOV NE 40KT
FCST VA CLD +6 HR: 15/2100Z SFC/FL190 N6134 E16457 - N5943 E16448 -
N5815 E16404 - N5743 E16311 - N5947 E16404
FCST VA CLD +12 HR: 16/0300Z SFC/FL190 N6720 E16952 - N6303 E16654 -

N6019 E16450 - N6529 E16654
FCST VA CLD +18 HR: NO VA EXP
RMK: NIL
NXT ADVISORY: 20201115/1800Z=

Previous news

Wed, 11 Nov 2020, 06:00

Klyuchevskoy volcano (Central Kamchatka, Russia) - Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for 11 November-17 November 2020 (New Activity / Unrest)

KVERT reported that Strombolian activity at Klyuchevskoy continued during 6-13 November and lava advanced down the Apakhonchich drainage on the SE flank. Gas-and-steam emissions contained some ash and during 7-9 November drifted 85 km E. A large bright thermal anomaly was identified daily in satellite images. ... Read all
Mon, 9 Nov 2020, 07:53

Klyuchevskoy volcano (Kamchatka): ongoing strombolian activity; very high thermal anomaly

The continuing lava flow from Klyuchevskoy volcano is well visible during a day (image: @siberian_times/twitter)
The activity of the volcano has remained essentially unchanged at moderate levels characterized by effusive-explosive eruption. ... Read all
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NASA photo of the eruption of Klyuchevsky volcano on 30 September, 1994, the volcano's largest explosion in 40 years. The large
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)



Klyuchevskoy volcano
Stratovolcano 4835 m (15,863 ft)
Kamchatka, 56.06°N / 160.64°E
Current status: restless (2 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.
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