Volcanic eruption
Open on the mapEruption of Bakening
6550 BCE · 53.91° N, 158.07° E
Bakening is a stratovolcano located in the southern part of Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia.
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What the records say
- When
- 6550 BCE
- Kind
- Volcanic eruption
- Coordinates
- 53.91° N, 158.07° E
- Vei
- 3
- Date uncertainty
- ± 500 years
- Vent
- West of Bakening
- Dated by
- Correlation: Tephrochronology
- Volcano number
- 300123
- Eruption number
- 19116
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