Volcanic eruption

Eruption of Uzon

2th century · 54.49° N, 159.97° E

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What the records say

When
2th century
Kind
Volcanic eruption
Coordinates
54.49° N, 159.97° E
Date uncertainty
± 300 years
Vent
Khloridnoe Lake
Dated by
Correlation: Tephrochronology
Volcano number
300170
Eruption number
17648

Uzon

Caldera in eastern Kamchatka, Russia

Uzon is a 9 by 12 km volcanic caldera located in the eastern part of Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. Together with the Geyzernaya caldera it hosts the largest geothermal field in the Kamchatka Peninsula. The calderas were formed in the mid-Pleistocene in several large eruptions that deposited 20–25 km3 of ignimbrite over a wide area. Lake Dalny fills a Holocene maar in the northeast of Uzon Caldera.

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