GVP volcano 214020 · no holder yet
Kazbek
Kazbek is a 5,004 m stratovolcano in Georgia, last erupted around 750 BCE.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 5,004 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Intraplate, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 750 BCE
- Largest known
- no eruption with a measured size
- Eruptions
- 2 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 42.70°N 44.52°E · Georgia
- Region
- Caucasus Volcanic Province, Arabia-Central Asia Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 214020
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).