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GVP volcano 300360 · no holder yet

Bolshoi-Kekuknaysky

Bolshoi-Kekuknaysky is a 1,401 m shield volcano in Russia, last erupted around 5310 BCE.

Type
Shield(s) (shield landform)
Summit
1,401 m above sea level
Rock
Basalt / Picro-Basalt
Setting
Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
Last eruption
5310 BCE
Largest known
VEI 3, severe, 5310 BCE
Eruptions
1 confirmed in the record
Where
56.48°N 157.92°E · Russia
Region
Central Kamchatka Volcanic Arc, Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
Record
Global Volcanism Program, volcano 300360

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