Volcanic eruption
Open on the mapEruption of Khangar
9500 BCE · 54.76° N, 157.41° E
Khangar is a stratovolcano located in the central part of Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. It is the southernmost volcano of the Sredinny Range. Its 2 km-wide caldera is now filled by a lake.
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What the records say
- When
- 9500 BCE
- Kind
- Volcanic eruption
- Coordinates
- 54.76° N, 157.41° E
- Vei
- 4
- Date uncertainty
- ± 300 years
- Dated by
- Isotopic: 14C (calibrated)
- Volcano number
- 300272
- Eruption number
- 19487
- Vei modifier
- P
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