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Karymsky (russian: Карымская сопка, ''Karymskaya sopka'') is an active
Karymsky (russian: Карымская сопка, ''Karymskaya sopka'') is an active stratovolcano
A stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, is a conical volcano built up by many layers (strata) of hardened lava and tephra. Unlike shield volcanoes, stratovolcanoes are characterized by a steep profile with a summit crater and peri ...
on the Kamchatka Peninsula
The Kamchatka Peninsula (russian: полуостров Камчатка, Poluostrov Kamchatka, ) is a peninsula in the Russian Far East, with an area of about . The Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk make up the peninsula's eastern and w ...
, Russia
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. It is currently the most active volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula, as well as the most active volcano of Kamchatka's eastern volcanic zone.
It is named after the Karyms, an ethnic group in Russia.
Description
Karymsky is a symmetricalstratovolcano
A stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, is a conical volcano built up by many layers (strata) of hardened lava and tephra. Unlike shield volcanoes, stratovolcanoes are characterized by a steep profile with a summit crater and peri ...
rising within a 5-km-wide caldera
A caldera ( ) is a large cauldron-like hollow that forms shortly after the emptying of a magma chamber in a volcano eruption. When large volumes of magma are erupted over a short time, structural support for the rock above the magma chamber is ...
that formed during the early Holocene. Much of the cone is mantled by lava flow
Lava is molten or partially molten rock (magma) that has been expelled from the interior of a terrestrial planet (such as Earth) or a moon onto its surface. Lava may be erupted at a volcano or through a fracture in the crust, on land or un ...
s less than 200 years old. Historical eruptions have been vulcanian
A Vulcanian eruption is a type of volcanic eruption characterized by a dense cloud of ash-laden gas exploding from the crater and rising high above the peak. They usually commence with phreatomagmatic eruptions which can be extremely noisy due t ...
or vulcanian- strombolian with moderate explosive activity and occasional lava flows from the summit crater. There is currently an ongoing cycle of non-stop eruption occurring, and is the peninsula's most active, and reliable volcano, which has been erupting continuously since 1996.
Eruptions
An ongoing cycle of almost continuous eruption has been occurring since 1996.See also
*List of volcanoes in Russia
This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Russia.
European Russia
Kamchatka
Volcanoes of the Kamchatka Peninsula of the northwestern Pacific Ocean and the Russian Far East.
Kuril Islands
Volcanoes of the Kuril Islands
The Kuri ...
* Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team
References
External links
* Active volcanoes Volcanoes of the Kamchatka Peninsula Mountains of the Kamchatka Peninsula VEI-6 volcanoes Calderas of Russia Stratovolcanoes of Russia Holocene stratovolcanoes Holocene Asia {{KamchatkaKrai-geo-stub