Akhtang

Akhtang is a thyroid volcano in the Kamchatka Territory of Russia.

Akhtang
Specifications
Volcano shape	Shield
Education period	Holocene
Last eruption	is unknown
Highest point
Absolute height	1956 [1] m
Relative height	1250 m
Location
A country	Russia
The subject of the Russian Federation	Kamchatka Krai
Mountain system	Middle ridge
Ridge or array
Akhtang
Akhtang

It is located in the interfluve of the rivers Sukhariki and Karakova , approximately in their middle course. It is the largest volcano in the area. The absolute height is 1956.2 m (1954 m on modern maps), relative about 1250 m. Geographically, the building has the shape of an oval, elongated in the north-east direction with axes 15 × 10 km, an area of ​​85 km², the volume of erupted material is about 30 km³.

Akhtang Volcano is a small volcanic massif, at the base of which there is a shallow shield building. The top part ends with a gentle cone . The northern slopes, up to the top, are largely destroyed by punches passing into small trough valleys. Southern and eastern eroded weakly and have a primary volcanic appearance. The top of the volcano is severely destroyed. A small flat area has been preserved, apparently a relic of the crater funnel. The initial outflows of the Akhtang volcano are mainly represented by basalts, the apical part, in which pyroclastic material already has a significant role, is represented by andesite-basalts. The age of the volcano is Upper Quaternary.

On the slopes of the Akhtang volcano and near its foot there is a large number of Holocene slag cones of the areal type, which are characterized by very perfect preservation. The last eruption on one of the cones occurred in 2002.