Shiveluch Volcano

Shiveluch Volcano Latest News

The Shiveluch Volcano in Russia’s Far East erupted recently, sending ash plumes 10 km into the air and triggering red-level aviation alerts for the area.

About Shiveluch Volcano

• It is one of the largest and most active volcanoes located on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, one of the most intense volcanic regions in the world.
• It’s estimated to be between 60,000-70,000 years old.
• It is a stratovolcano—a steep-sloped volcano composed of alternating layers of solidified ash, hardened lava, and volcanic rocks.
• It sports a summit reaching 3,283 meters (10,771 feet).
• The summit is truncated by a broad 9-km-wide caldera. The lava dome complex was constructed within the large open caldera. 
• Many lava domes occur on the outer flanks.  
• Frequent collapses of the dome complex have produced debris avalanches; the resulting deposits cover much of the caldera floor. 
• It has had more major eruptions than any other volcano in our current period of geologic time,  with an estimated 60 substantial eruptions in the past 10,000 years.
• The volcano has been continuously erupting since August 1999, but occasionally undergoes powerful explosive events.
• It has been spewing ash and steam intermittently—with occasional dome collapses, pyroclastic flows, and lava flows, as well—for the past decade.

Source: IS

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