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Kronotsky

Kronotsky is a 3,482 m stratovolcano in Russia, last erupted around 3350 BCE.

Type

Stratovolcano (composite landform)

Summit

3,482 m above sea level

Rock

Basalt / Picro-Basalt

Setting

Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km

Last eruption

3350 BCE

Largest known

VEI 3, severe, 4050 BCE

Eruptions

2 confirmed in the record

Where

54.75°N 160.53°E · Russia

Region

Eastern Kamchatka Volcanic Arc, Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions

Record

Global Volcanism Program, volcano 300200

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