Zhupanovsky Volcano
Updated: Apr 20, 2024 04:06 GMT -
Compound volcano 2958 m / 9,705 ft
Kamchatka, Russia, 53.59°N / 159.15°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Kamchatka, Russia, 53.59°N / 159.15°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Last update: 16 Dec 2021
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Zhupanovsky volcano eruptions: 2014-2017, 2013, 1959
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Background
The Zhupanovsky volcanic massif consists of four overlapping stratovolcanoes along a WNW-trending ridge. The elongated volcanic complex was constructed within a Pliocene-early Pleistocene caldera whose rim is exposed only on the eastern side. Three of the stratovolcanoes were built during the Pleistocene, the fourth is Holocene in age and was the source of all of Zhupanovsky's historical eruptions. An early Holocene stage of frequent moderate and weak eruptions from 7000 to 5000 years before present (BP) was succeeded by a period of infrequent larger eruptions that produced pyroclastic flows. The last major eruption of Zhupanovsky took place about 800-900 years BP. Historical eruptions have consisted of relatively minor explosions from the third cone.---
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Zhupanovsky Volcano Photos
We pass snow-covered Zhupanovsky volcano as we fly southwards. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
17 Sep: helicopter excursion to Uzon caldera and Valley of Geysers. On our way, we pass erupting Zhupanovsky volcano which had a phreatic explosive eruption an hour earli...
View back to Zhupanovsky volcano from the north. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Zhupanovsky rises almost 3000 m from the plain. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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