GVP volcano 300552 · no holder yet

Bliznetsy

Bliznetsy is a 265 m lava cone in Russia, last erupted around 1060 BCE.

Type

Lava cone (minor landform)

Summit

265 m above sea level

Rock

Andesite / Basaltic Andesite

Setting

Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km

Last eruption

1060 BCE

Largest known

VEI 1, gentle, 1060 BCE

Eruptions

1 confirmed in the record

Where

57.35°N 161.37°E · Russia

Region

Central Kamchatka Volcanic Arc, Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions

Record

Global Volcanism Program, volcano 300552

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