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Location | ||||||||||
The volcano is located in Southern Kamchatka, about 70 km to the southwest from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
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Form and structure | ||||||||||
The present structure of the volcano occupies the central part of the caldera (13x12 km) and comprises three merged cones that stretch in a ridge of the west-north-west-wards. There are 11 superimposed craters at the summit. And about 40 adventive vents with lava flows on the slopes. |
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Composition | ||||||||||
Andesits and andesibasalts | ||||||||||
Age | ||||||||||
Upper Pleistocene | ||||||||||
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Aviation color code |
GREEN |
Last VONA/KVERT Releases |
Hazard synopsis |
Gorely is one of the most active volcanoes of the Southern Kamchatka. Principal hazards are ash plumes, ash falls, phreatic blasts and lahars.
Ash falls possible at: Paratunka (45 km to the north from the volcano) Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (70 km to the northeast) Yelizovo (70 km to the north) |
Monitoring status |
seismic, web video camera, satellite, visual
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Eruptions |
2010/7 – 2014
1984 – 1986
1980 – 1981
1961
1947
1932
1931
1930
1929
1869
1855
1832
1828
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