Bezymianny Volcano
GVP Number  300250
IAVCEI Number  1000-25-
Location  55°58'19" N, 160°35'43" E
Last Eruption 2023/10/16 - 2023/10/18
Elevation 2882 m
Location
The volcano is located in the center of Klyuchevskaya group volcanoes of the Kamchatka, at a distance of 40 km from Klyuchi and of 350 km from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
Form and structure
A complex massif: inside the explosive caldera 1956 in diameter 1.3x2.8 km, opened to the east, proceeds a growth of the lava dome Novy (New).
Composition
Andesites predominant, besides dacites, andesibasalts and basalts.
Age
About 10000-11000 – Pra-Bezymianny volcano.
About 5500 – Bezymianny volcano.
Links
Aviation color code
YELLOW
Last VONA/KVERT Releases
Hazard synopsis
Moderate potential hazards are caused by ash plumes, ash falls, pyroclastic flows, hot avalanches and lahars. The volcano constitutes a potential hazard to international and local airlines at Kamchatka because its eruptive clouds can rise to a height of 8-15 km a.s.l. and extend for hundreds of kilometers from the volcano to different directions.

Ash falls possible at:

Klyuchi (40 km to the north-northeast from the volcano)
Kozyrevsk (47 km to the west-northwest)
Ust’-Kamchatsk (125 km to the north-east)
Ust’-Khairyuzovo (290 km to the north-west)
Ichinsky (315 km to the west-southwest)
Monitoring status
seismic, web video camera, satellite, visual
Eruptions
2023/10/16 – 2023/10/18  
2023/4/7  
2022/10/23 – 2022/10/24  
2022/5/28  
2022/3/14 – 2022/3/15  
2020/10/21  
2019/3/15 – 2019/3/16  
2019/1/20  
2017/12/20  
2017/6/16  
2017/3/9 – 2017/3/10  
2016/12/5 – 2017/2/28  
2012/9/1  
2012/3/8  
2011/4/13  
2010/5/31  
2009/12/16 – 2009/12/17  
2008/8/19  
2007/11/5  
2007/10/14 – 2007/10/15  
2007/5/11  
2006/12/24  
2006/5/9  
2005/11/30  
2005/1/11  
2004/6/18  
2004/1/13  
2003/7/26  
2002/12/25  
2001/12/16  
2001/8/6  
2000/11/1  
2000/3/13  
1999/2/24  
1997/12/5  
1997/5/9  
1995/10/5  
1993/10/21  
1992/3/12  
1990/3/9  
1989/8/2  
1986/12/16  
1986/6/24  
1985/6/30 – 1985/7/1  
1984/10/12 – 1984/10/13  
1984/2/15  
1983/5/22  
1982/6/10  
1981/12/20  
1981/6/13 – 1981/6/14  
1980/4/18  
1979/9/17  
1979/2/11  
1978/9/30  
1977/3/25  
1965/3/9 – 1965/3/10  
1956/3/30 – 1956/3/31  
1955/10/22 – 1956/3/30  

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