Karymsky (volcano)

Karymsky (volcano)
For other uses, see Karymsky (disambiguation).
Karymsky

The summit of Karymsky with the crater lake of Akademia Nauk volcano in the background.
Elevation 1,536 m (5,039 ft)
Location
Location Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia
Coordinates 54°3′N 159°26′E / 54.05°N 159.433°E / 54.05; 159.433
Geology
Type Stratovolcano
Age of rock Holocene
Last eruption 2011 (continuing)
Climbing
Easiest route basic rock/snow climb

Karymsky (Russian: Карымская сопка, Karymskaya sopka) is a stratovolcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. It is the most active volcano of Kamchatka's eastern volcanic zone, a symmetrical stratovolcano constructed within a 5-km-wide caldera that formed during the early Holocene. Much of the cone is mantled by lava flows less than 200 years old. Historical eruptions have been vulcanian or vulcanian-strombolian with moderate explosive activity and occasional lava flows from the summit crater.

It is named after Karyms.

The volcano's crater lake was once one of the world's largest fresh water lakes[dubious – discuss], but became one of the world's largest acid water lakes as a result of a recent eruption. This resulted from the release of toxic gases during the eruption.

Satellite image of the area around the volcano. Ash from earlier eruptions has settled onto the snowy landscape, leaving dark grey swaths. The ash stains are confined to the south of the volcano’s summit, one large stain fanning out toward the south-west, and another toward the east.


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