Active Volcanoes of Kamchatka and Kuriles. Gamchen

Gamchen Volcano

GVP Number	300210
IAVCEI Number	1000-21-
Location	54°58'27" N, 160°42'12" E
Регион	Center Kamchatka
Elevation	2576 m
Last Eruption	616±127 BC

вулканы Гамченской группы

Date: 23/12/2011

Author(s): С.А. Чирков

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.

Form and structure

Complex volcanic massif including four stratovolcanoes.

Composition

Andesites, andesibasalts

Age

Middle Pleistocene – Late Holocene

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