GVP volcano 214010 · no holder yet
Elbrus
Elbrus is a 5,642 m stratovolcano in Russia, last erupted in 50 CE.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 5,642 m above sea level
- Rock
- Dacite
- Setting
- Intraplate, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 50 CE
- Largest known
- no eruption with a measured size
- Eruptions
- 1 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 43.35°N 42.44°E · Russia
- Region
- Caucasus Volcanic Province, Arabia-Central Asia Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 214010
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