Karymsky (volcano)

For other uses, see Karymsky (disambiguation).

Karymsky (Russian: Карымская сопка, Karymskaya sopka) is an active stratovolcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. It and Shiveluch are Kamchatka's largest, most active and most continuously erupting volcanoes, as well as one of the most active on the planet.

Karymsky
The summit of Karymsky with the crater lake of Akademia Nauk volcano in the background.
Highest point
Elevation	1,536 m (5,039 ft)[1]
Coordinates	54°02′52″N 159°26′32″E[2]
Geography
Karymsky Location of Karymsky volcano Show map of Far Eastern Federal District Karymsky Karymsky (Kamchatka Krai) Show map of Kamchatka Krai
Location	Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia
Parent range	Eastern Range
Geology
Rock age	Holocene
Mountain type	Stratovolcano
Last eruption	2001 to 2024 (ongoing, non-stop) [1]
Climbing
Easiest route	basic rock/snow climb

Karymsky, Side view.

Satellite image of the area around the volcano. Ash from earlier eruptions has settled onto the snowy landscape, leaving dark grey swaths. The ash stains are confined to the south of the volcano's summit, one large stain fanning out toward the south-west, and another toward the east.

It is named after the Karyms, an ethnic group in Russia.

Description

Karymsky is a symmetrical stratovolcano rising within a 5-km-wide caldera that formed during the early Holocene. Much of the cone is mantled by lava flows less than 200 years old. Historical eruptions have been vulcanian or vulcanian-strombolian with moderate explosive activity and occasional lava flows from the summit crater.^[2] There is currently an ongoing cycle of non-stop eruption occurring, and is the peninsula's most active, and reliable volcano, which has been erupting continuously since 1996.

Eruptions

An ongoing cycle of almost continuous eruption has been occurring since 1996.

Karymsky Lake and Volcano

See also

• List of volcanoes in Russia
• Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team