{"id":57918,"date":"2026-09-26T12:06:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T06:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=57918"},"modified":"2026-09-26T15:40:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T10:10:14","slug":"krasheninnikov-volcano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/krasheninnikov-volcano\/","title":{"rendered":"Krasheninnikov Volcano"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Krasheninnikov Volcano Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Nasa-ISRO Nisar satellite recently captured detailed radar views of Russia&#8217;s Krasheninnikov volcano as lava spread across Kamchatka.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Krasheninnikov Volcano<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an <\/span><b>active stratovolcano<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> located in the <\/span><b>Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Kamchatka Peninsula lies along the <\/span><b>Pacific \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ring-of-fire\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ring of Fire.<\/a>\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are 1<\/span><b>14 volcanoes on the Kamchatka Peninsula<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that have erupted during the Holocene Epoch (approximately 12,000 years ago to the present).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>summit <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the volcano reaches an elevation of 1,856 meters and <\/span><b>lies within a collapse-originated caldera<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> measuring 9 by 11 kilometers, dating back to 39,000 years ago.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The volcanic complex consists of <\/span><b>two adjacen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">t main <\/span><b>stratovolcano cones.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>southern cone <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is crowned by a <\/span><b>crater <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">approximately 800 to 900 meters in diameter, while the <\/span><b>northern cone<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is <\/span><b>younger <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and exhibits a <\/span><b>telescopic structure.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Within the northern cone, smaller craters <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">measuring 800 meters in diameter and <\/span><b>lava cones <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">have formed.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><b> sides of both cones<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are<\/span><b> covered with ejecta.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Volcanic Activity<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its<\/span><b> last eruption <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">took place about<\/span><b> 400 or 600 years ago.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>2025 Eruption:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Krasheninnikov volcano erupted on 2 August 2025, three days <\/span><b>after a nearby magnitude 8.8 earthquake<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Ash emissions reached an altitude of 20,000 ft.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Key Facts about NISAR Mission<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NISAR (<\/span><b>NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a <\/span><b>joint Earth observation satellite <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mission between <\/span><b>NASA and ISRO.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>satellite <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">equipped with <\/span><b>advanced radar instruments for Earth observation.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was successfully <\/span><b>launched <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on July 30, <\/span><b>2025<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by<\/span><b> ISRO&#8217;s GSLV-F16 rocket<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It marks the <\/span><b>first-ever collaboration of its kind between India and the United States<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in <\/span><b>radar-based Earth monitoring<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from space.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NISAR <\/span><b>maps<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the <\/span><b>entire Earth\u2019s surface every 12 days<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, enabling high-frequency, precise, and repeat observations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the f<\/span><b>irst satellite mission to use two different radar frequencies (L-band and S-band)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to measure changes in our planet&#8217;s surface less than a centimeter across.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NISAR will <\/span><b>monitor earthquakes, volcanic activity, land deformation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><b>environmental changes,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> providing critical data for hazard assessment, disaster response, and resource management. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/science\/story\/nisar-satellite-captures-kamchatka-volcano-eruption-tracks-lava-after-500-years-3002505-2026-09-25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>IT<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Krasheninnikov Volcano is an active stratovolcano located in the Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. 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