GVP volcano 300123 · no holder yet
Bakening
Bakening is a 2,278 m stratovolcano in Russia, last erupted around 550 BCE.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 2,278 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 550 BCE
- Largest known
- VEI 3, severe, 6550 BCE
- Eruptions
- 5 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 53.91°N 158.07°E · Russia
- Region
- Eastern Kamchatka Volcanic Arc, Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 300123
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).