GVP volcano 300650 · no holder yet
Nylgimelkin
Nylgimelkin is a 1,764 m shield volcano in Russia, last erupted around 3550 BCE.
- Type
- Shield(s) (shield landform)
- Summit
- 1,764 m above sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 3550 BCE
- Largest known
- no eruption with a measured size
- Eruptions
- 1 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 57.97°N 160.65°E · Russia
- Region
- Central Kamchatka Volcanic Arc, Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 300650
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).