Webcam Russia Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Shiveluch volcano
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Shiveluch is an active volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula within the Eastern Ridge. The northernmost active volcano in Kamchatka. The diameter of the base of the volcano is 45-50 kilometers, the total area is at least 1300 square kilometers.
The lower slopes of the Shiveluch volcano up to a height of 750 meters are covered with forests of stone birch and shrubby thickets of cedar elfin, above are meadows, closer to the top-a vegetation-free lava-ash surface. As a result of the eruption of 2004-2005, the height of the volcano decreased by 115 meters. One of the strongest recent eruptions was the eruption on November 12, 1964, when the volcano spewed a column of ash to a height of 15 kilometers, and streams of mud and debris of volcanic rock made a path of 20 kilometers.
Last online:
Dec. 26, 2022, 3:53 p.m.
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Country:
Russia
City:
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
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