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Tunguska event
powerful explosion that occurred near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River
Damavand
potentially active stratovolcano and the highest peak in Iran
Avachinsky
Avachinsky (also known as Avacha or Avacha Volcano or Avachinskaya Sopka) () is an active stratovolcano in Russia. It is situated on the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East. Avachinsky lies within sight of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the capital of Kamchatka Krai. Together with neighbouring Koryaksky volcano, it is considered a Decade Volcano, worthy of particular study in light of its history of explosive eruptions and proximity to populated areas.
Bezymianny
Bezymianny ( Bezymyannyyi, meaning unnamed) is an active stratovolcano in Kamchatka, Russia. Bezymianny volcano had been considered extinct until 1955. Activity started in 1955, culminating in a dramatic eruption on 30 March 1956. This eruption, similar to the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, produced a large horseshoe-shaped crater that was formed by a sector collapse and an associated lateral blast. Subsequent episodic but ongoing lava dome growth, accompanied by intermittent explosive activity and pyroclastic flows, has largely filled the 1956 crater. The most recent eruption of lava flow
Antsiferov Island
island in Russia
Tolbachik
Tolbachik () is a volcanic complex on the Kamchatka Peninsula in the far east of Russia. It consists of two volcanoes, Plosky (flat) Tolbachik (3,085 m) and Ostry (sharp) Tolbachik (3,672 m), which as the names suggest are respectively a flat-topped shield volcano and a peaked stratovolcano. As Ostry is the mountain's highest point, the entire mountain is often referred to as "Ostry Tolbachik", not to be confused with Ostry, a separate volcano to the north also on the Kamchatka Peninsula.
Ichinsky
Ichinsky ( or Ичинская сопка, Ichinskaya sopka) is a large stratovolcano located in the central part of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. At , it is the highest peak of the Sredinny Range, the central range of the peninsula. Ichinsky is also among the largest volcanoes in Kamchatka, with a volume of about .
Karymsky
mountain in Russia
Akademia Nauk
Volcano in Russia
Uzon
Uzon () is a 9 by 12 km volcanic caldera located in the eastern part of Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. Together with the Geyzernaya caldera it hosts the largest geothermal field in the Kamchatka Peninsula. The calderas were formed in the mid-Pleistocene in several large eruptions that deposited 20–25 km3 of ignimbrite over a wide area. Lake Dalny fills a Holocene maar in the northeast of Uzon Caldera.
Vilyuchik
Vilyuchik, also known as Vilyuchinsky () is a dormant stratovolcano in the southern part of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. It is located about SSW of the closed city of Vilyuchinsk.
Zhupanovsky
Zhupanovsky () is a volcanic massif located in the southeastern part of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. It consists of four overlapping stratovolcanoes. After 54 years of inactivity, the volcano began erupting on 23 October 2013 and again in 2014, continuing nonstop into 2016.
Asacha
Asacha () is a complex volcano located in the southern part of Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia.
Dzenzursky
Dzenzursky () is a stratovolcano located in the southern part of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia.
Gorely
Gorely (, literally Burnt) is a volcano located in the southern part of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. It consists of five overlapping stratovolcanoes and is one of the most active in southern Kamchatka. Gorely is a large, long-lived shield-type volcano that is currently in an eruptive phase. Prior eruptions occurred in 1980-81 and 1984–86.Several complexes compose the overall volcanic structure:
Bakening
Bakening () (also known as Bakenin ()) is a stratovolcano located in the southern part of Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia.
Ilyinsky
stratovolcano on the southern part of the Kamchatka peninsula
Bely
Volcano in Kamchatka, Russia
Uratman
Uratman () is a somma volcano located at the northern end of Simushir Island, Kuril Islands, Russia. It consists of a Pleistocene caldera which contains an andesite cone of Holocene age. The caldera is exposed to the ocean, forming Brouton Bay.
Kikhpinych
Kikhpinych () is a stratovolcano located in the eastern part of the Kamchatka Peninsula, which feeds the famous Valley of Geysers.
Belenkaya
Belenkaya () is a stratovolcano located in the southern part of Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia.
Anaun
Anaun () is a stratovolcano in central Kamchatka. The volcano is located to the north-east of Uksichan volcano in the southern Sredinny Range.
Alngey
Alngey () is a stratovolcano in central Kamchatka. The volcano is located to the east of the shield volcano Tekletunup and to the west of the crest of the northern Sredinny Range.
Ozernoy
Ozernoy () is a small early Holocene basaltic shield volcano located in the southern part of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia. The massive Ksudach volcano is located nearby.
Diky Greben
mountain in Russia
Taunshits
Taunshits () is a stratovolcano located in the eastern part of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia.
Rudakov
mountain in Russia
Yelovsky Volcano
geomorphological feature on Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East
Kebeney
Kebeney () is an extinct shield volcano located in central Sredinny Range, in the northern part of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. It is a basaltic/andesidic shield volcano with a number of cinder cones on its flanks, aligned along the Sredinny Range NE-SW axis.
Atlasov
mountain in Russia
Titila
Titila () is a shield volcano located in the northern part of Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. It comprises two shield volcanoes: Titila and Rassoshina, from which Titila is the higher one.
Uksichan
Uksichan () is a shield volcano located in the northern part of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia.
Barkhatnaya
dormant volcano on Kamchatka, Russia
Gorny Institute
mountain in Russia
Tolmachev Dol
mountain in Russia
Vernadsky Ridge
mountain range on Paramushir, Kuril Islands, Russia
Eggella
Eggella () is a shield volcano in central Kamchatka. The volcano is located on the west axis of the southern Sredinny Range.
Komarov
volcano on Kamchatka, Russia
Demon
stratovolcano on Iturup Island, Kuril Islands, Russia
Otdelny
Otdelny (also known as Otdelniy) () is a shield volcano located in the southern part of Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, east of the Savan River.
Chorny Volcano
mountain in Russia
Ivao Group
mountains in Russia
Bolshoy Kekuknaysky Volcano
volcano located on the central part of Kamchatka
Spokoyny
volcano in the Kamchatka peninsula, Russia
Tuzovsky
mountain in Russia
Maly Payalpan
mountain
Tri Sestry
stratovolcano on Urup Island, Russia
Vysoky
stratovolcno in southern Kamchatka, Russia
Leutongey
Leutongey is an extinct shield volcano located in the northern part of Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia.
Kostakan
Kostakan () is a north-south trending chain of cinder cones located in the southern part of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia.
Pogranichny Volcano
mountain in Russia
Aluchin
volcano in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia