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Kizimen

Kizimen is a 2,334 m stratovolcano in Russia, erupting as recently as 2013.

Type

Stratovolcano (composite landform)

Summit

2,334 m above sea level

Rock

Andesite / Basaltic Andesite

Setting

Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km

Last eruption

2013

Largest known

VEI 5, paroxysmal, 6400 BCE

Eruptions

11 confirmed in the record

Where

55.13°N 160.32°E · Russia

Region

Eastern Kamchatka Volcanic Arc, Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions

Record

Global Volcanism Program, volcano 300230

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