Pyroclastic cones

Kostakan

Kostakan (Russia) is a pyroclastic cone. It rises to 1,150 m above sea level. The GVP records 6 confirmed eruptions in the Holocene, the latest in 1350.

Elevation
1,150 m
Last eruption
1350
Confirmed eruptions
6
Max VEI
3
Country
Russia
Location
53.83° N, 158.05° E
Region (GVP)
Eastern Kamchatka Volcanic Arc
GVP type
Pyroclastic cone(s)
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Main rock type
Basalt / Picro-Basalt

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Other volcanoes and strong earthquakes within 300 km

Eruption history

VEI – Volcanic Explosivity Index: 0 = lava outpouring, 4 = like Eyjafjallajökull 2010, 6 = like Pinatubo 1991, 7 = like Tambora 1815. The scale is logarithmic – each step is about 10 times more material.

StartEndVEIVent and dating
c. 1350 — 1 Glavny · Correlation: Tephrochronology
1200 ± 50 years — 2 Glavny · Correlation: Tephrochronology
1000 ± 50 years — 3 Serpovidny · Correlation: Tephrochronology
800 ± 50 years — 3 Maar S of Lake Kostakan, Krasny cone · Correlation: Tephrochronology
6,550 BCE ± 500 years — 3 Ochkovy · Correlation: Tephrochronology
8,050 BCE ± 1,000 years — 3 Domashnii · Correlation: Tephrochronology

Data: Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution (#300122)