Gamchen Volcano
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| Location | ||||||||||
Volcano is situated on the eastern coast of Kamchatka, 135 km to the north-east of Milkovo Village and 255 km to the north-east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
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| Form and structure | ||||||||||
Complex volcanic massif including four stratovolcanoes. |
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| Composition | ||||||||||
| Andesites, andesibasalts | ||||||||||
| Age | ||||||||||
| Middle Pleistocene – Late Holocene | ||||||||||
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| Aviation color code |
GREEN |
| Last VONA/KVERT Releases |
No VONA/KVERT Releases |
| Hazard synopsis |
Explosive-effusive eruptions from the summit crater, extrusive domes formation.
Potential hazards are explosive-effusive eruptions which produce ash plumes, ash falls, pyroclastic and lava flows and lahars. |
| Monitoring status |
satellite
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| Eruptions |
Historical eruptions are unknown. |
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616±127 BC
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