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GVP volcano 300122 · no holder yet

Kostakan

Kostakan is a 1,150 m pyroclastic cone in Russia, last erupted in 1350.

Type
Pyroclastic cone(s) (minor (basaltic) landform)
Summit
1,150 m above sea level
Rock
Basalt / Picro-Basalt
Setting
Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
Last eruption
1350
Largest known
VEI 3, severe, 1000
Eruptions
6 confirmed in the record
Where
53.83°N 158.05°E · Russia
Region
Eastern Kamchatka Volcanic Arc, Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
Record
Global Volcanism Program, volcano 300122

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