Klyuchevskoy Volcano

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A false-color satellite photo from 2023 shows a devilish pair of lava flows and an enormous plume of smoke spewing from Klyuchevskoy, the tallest volcano in Europe and Asia.

About Klyuchevskoy Volcano

• It is an active stratovolcano located on the Kamchatka Peninsula, far eastern Russia. 
• It is one of the highest active volcanoes (tallest active volcano in Eurasia) in the world, rising to a height of 15,584 feet (4,750 meters), the highest point on the peninsula. 
• The volcano consists of a truncated cone with a central crater, with some 70 lateral craters and cones on the lower slopes.
• The volcano, which has erupted more than 50 times since 1700, is characterized by smoke continuously billowing above its summit. 
• The Kamchatka Volcanological Station, established in 1935, is located at its base.

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Key Facts about Kamchatka Peninsula

• It is located in far eastern Russia. 
• It is bordered by the Sea of Okhotsk on the west and the Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea on the east. 
• Two mountain ranges, the Sredinny (“Central”) and Vostochny (“Eastern”) extend along the peninsula. 
• It is one of the largest peninsulas in the world.
• Climate: Severe, with prolonged, cold, and snowy winters and wet, cool summers.
• The Kamchatka Peninsula is the northern link in the 2000 km Kuril-Kamchatka island arc. 
  • This region contains 68 active volcanoes, over 10 percent of the total found on land anywhere on Earth.
  • This arc is part of the “Ring of Fire,” a string of volcanoes that encircles the Pacific Ocean.

Source: LS