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.

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).

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)

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