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 | ||||||||||||
| Aviation color code |
GREEN |
| Latest 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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