GVP volcano 300210 · no holder yet
Gamchen
Gamchen is a 2,539 m volcanic complex in Russia, last erupted around 188 BCE.
- Type
- Complex (composite landform)
- Summit
- 2,539 m above sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 188 BCE
- Largest known
- no eruption with a measured size
- Eruptions
- 3 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 54.97°N 160.70°E · Russia
- Region
- Eastern Kamchatka Volcanic Arc, Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 300210
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).