Kronotsky Volcano
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| Location | ||||||||||||
Volcano is location in the northern sector of the Eastern Kamchatkan volcanic area, 10 km east of Kronotsky Lake, 225 km northeast from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
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| Form and structure | ||||||||||||
Kronotsky is a stratovolcano with an ideal conical shape. There is a small andesibasalts extrusion at the summit. All historic eruptions and fumarolic activity were noted on a single fumarolic field situated on the southern slope at an altitude of 3,150 m. |
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| Composition | ||||||||||||
| Basalts and andesibasalts | ||||||||||||
| Age | ||||||||||||
| Upper Pleistocene | ||||||||||||
| Aviation color code |
GREEN |
| Last VONA/KVERT Releases |
No VONA/KVERT Releases |
| Hazard synopsis |
Summit eruptions are possible with ash plumes, ash falls, pyroclastic flows, lava flows, and lahars. The southern sector of the volcano is also an area of possible lateral eruptions. |
| Monitoring status |
satellite
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