Gorely Volcano
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| Location | ||||||||||||
The volcano is located in Southern Kamchatka, about 70 km to the southwest from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
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| Form and structure | ||||||||||||
The present structure of the volcano occupies the central part of the caldera (13x12 km) and comprises three merged cones that stretch in a ridge of the west-north-west-wards. There are 11 superimposed craters at the summit. And about 40 adventive vents with lava flows on the slopes. |
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| Composition | ||||||||||||
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| Upper Pleistocene | ||||||||||||
| Aviation color code |
GREEN |
| Last VONA/KVERT Releases |
| Hazard synopsis |
Gorely is one of the most active volcanoes of the Southern Kamchatka. Principal hazards are ash plumes, ash falls, phreatic blasts and lahars.
Ash falls possible at: Paratunka (45 km to the north from the volcano) Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (70 km to the northeast) Yelizovo (70 km to the north) |
| Monitoring status |
seismic, web video camera, satellite, visual
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