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Kikhpinych

Kikhpinych is a 1,515 m stratovolcano in Russia, last erupted in 1550.

Type

Stratovolcano(es) (composite landform)

Summit

1,515 m above sea level

Rock

Basalt / Picro-Basalt

Setting

Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km

Last eruption

1550

Largest known

VEI 4, cataclysmic, 1350

Eruptions

8 confirmed in the record

Where

54.49°N 160.25°E · Russia

Region

Eastern Kamchatka Volcanic Arc, Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions

Record

Global Volcanism Program, volcano 300180

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