Kronotsky Sopka or Kronotsky is an active volcano on the eastern coast of Kamchatka . Refers to stratovolcanoes .
| Kronotskaya Sopka | |
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 View of the Kronotsky hill. 2007 year | |
| Specifications | |
| Volcano shape | Stratovolcano |
| Education period | Pleistocene |
| Last eruption | 1923 |
| Highest point | |
| Absolute height | 3482 [1] m |
| Location | |
| A country |
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| The subject of the Russian Federation | Kamchatka Krai |
| Mountain system | East ridge |
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Height 3482 m, the top is a regular ribbed cone. The crater is filled with an extrusive plug ; there are fumaroles (their most active activity was noted in 1923 ). The volcano is composed of basalt and andesitic slags, lavas , and ash. Eruptions are rare.
The lower slopes of the volcano are covered with forests of cedar dwarf and stone birch , in the upper part there are glaciers and snowfields. Probably one of the most picturesque volcanoes in Kamchatka.
At the foot of the western slope is Kronotsky Lake . Near the volcano is the Valley of Geysers .
See also
- Kronotsky reserve
Notes
- ↑ Kronotskaya Sopka : [ eng. ] // Global Volcanism Program . - Smithsonian Institution . - Date of appeal: 02.24.2019.
Literature
- Yatskovsky A.I.In the mountains and valleys of Kamchatka. - M .: Physical education and sport , 1959. - 96 p. - ( In the native expanses ). - 10,000 copies. (About the 1955 alpiniad along the route Zhupanovo - Kronotsky Lake - Kronotsky Volcano - Valley of Geysers )
- Yatskovsky A.I. Climbing the Kronotsky and Ichinsky volcanoes // Questions of the geography of the Far East: Collection. Vol. 4. - Khabarovsk: Khabarovsk book publishing house, 1960. - 416 p.
- Kronotsky Sopka // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
Links
- Kronotskaya Sopka : [ eng. ] // Global Volcanism Program . - Smithsonian Institution .
- Official site - Federal State Institution “Kronotsky State Natural Biosphere Reserve”
- Map sheet N-57-XI Bogachevka . Scale: 1: 200 000. Status of the area for 1966-1979. 1986 edition