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Klyuchevskaya Sopka

Klyuchevskaya Sopka

An active stratovolcano in the east of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia.

Klyuchevskaya Sopka

Active stratovolcano in the east of the Kamchatka Peninsula. It is the highest active volcano on the Eurasian continent. The age of the volcano is about 7000 years.

Its height varies from 4,750 to 4,850 m and more above sea level. Currently, its altitude is about 4,800 m.

Kliuchevskaya Sopka volcano

Climbing routes have difficulty categories from 2A.

Basic information

The volcano is located at a distance of 60 km from the coast

Activity at historical time

Kliuchevskoi volcano is one of the most active volcanoes in the world. Its eruptions are known s

ince 1697.

Last eruption: 2021/2/17 to 2021/3/20

Potential hazards

The hazard from volcanic eruptions is ash clouds, ash falls, lava flows and mud flows. During powerful ashfalls, which occur during paroxysmal explosive eruptions, and the formation of mudflows, there is a real threat to the settlement of Klyuchi. Klyuchi and its communications.

Potential danger of a volcano for the international and local airlines passing in area of Kamchatka is high, as the height of its ash emissions can reach 10-15 km above sea level, the length of ash plumes - up to some thousand km in various directions from a volcano, duration of eruptions - from some months to one and a half years.

Timeline

1788
The first ascent of Kliuchevskoi volcano
1697
The first known volcanic eruption

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24.04.2020

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