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Avachinsky

Avachinsky is a 2,717 m stratovolcano in Russia, erupting as recently as 2001.

Type

Stratovolcano (composite landform)

Summit

2,717 m above sea level

Rock

Andesite / Basaltic Andesite

Setting

Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km

Last eruption

2001

Largest known

VEI 5, paroxysmal, 1350 BCE

Eruptions

55 confirmed in the record

Where

53.26°N 158.84°E · Russia

Region

Eastern Kamchatka Volcanic Arc, Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions

Record

Global Volcanism Program, volcano 300100

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