Active Volcanoes of Kamchatka and Kuriles. Kikhpinych

Kikhpinych Volcano

GVP Number	300180
IAVCEI Number	1000-18-
Location	54°29'20" N, 160°15'5" E
Регион	Center Kamchatka
Elevation	1552 m
Last Eruption	1391±45

Вулкан Кихпиныч, вид с востока

Author(s): Вера Пономарёва. ИВиС ДВО РАН

Source: ИВиС ДВО РАН. Голоценовые вулканы Камчатки http://www.kscnet.ru/ivs/volcanoes/holocene/

Location

Volcano is located in the Eastern volcanic area of Kamchatka, 25 km south from Kronotsky Lake, 190 km northeast from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Gyzernaya River have the sources at Kikhpinych spur.

Form and structure

Young Kikhpinich formed by two basaltic stratovolcanoes: the older named Zapadny, the younger – Savich.

Composition

Basalts, andesibasalts

Age

Stary Kikhpinych - Middle-Upper Pleistocene
Zapadny - ~ 4,800 BP
Savich - ~ 1,400 BP

Aviation color code

GREEN

Last VONA/KVERT Releases

No VONA/KVERT Releases

Hazard synopsis

Potential hazards are therminal explosive eruptions which produce ash plumes, ash falls, pyroclastic and lahars.

Monitoring status

satellite