GVP volcano 300160 · no holder yet
Taunshits
Taunshits is a 2,301 m stratovolcano in Russia, last erupted around 550 BCE.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 2,301 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 550 BCE
- Largest known
- no eruption with a measured size
- Eruptions
- 2 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 54.53°N 159.80°E · Russia
- Region
- Eastern Kamchatka Volcanic Arc, Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 300160
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).