Volcanic eruption
Open on the mapEruption of Akademia Nauk
5500 BCE · 53.98° N, 159.45° E
Akademia Nauk is a volcano located in the southern part of Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, next to the stratovolcano of Karymsky. The volcano is filled with a few calderas, and the most notable one is known as Karymsky Lake.
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What the records say
- When
- 5500 BCE
- Kind
- Volcanic eruption
- Coordinates
- 53.98° N, 159.45° E
- Vei
- 3
- Date uncertainty
- ± 500 years
- Vent
- N margin of caldera lake (Karymsky maar)
- Dated by
- Isotopic: 14C (calibrated)
- Volcano number
- 300125
- Eruption number
- 19122
Nearby in time and place
The source
- Smithsonian GVP Volcanoes of the World: Holocene eruptionsGlobal Volcanism Program, Smithsonian InstitutionSmithsonian terms of use: personal, educational and non-commercial use, with creditGlobal Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution: Volcanoes of the World v5.3, https://doi.org/10.5479/si.GVP.VOTW5-2025.5.3Source page