GVP volcano 300080 · no holder yet
Opala
Opala is a 2,439 m caldera in Russia, last erupted in 1776.
- Type
- Caldera (composite landform)
- Summit
- 2,439 m above sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1776
- Largest known
- VEI 5, paroxysmal, 610 CE
- Eruptions
- 4 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 52.54°N 157.34°E · Russia
- Region
- Kuril Volcanic Arc, Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 300080
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).