Eruption of Uzon
5700 BCE · 54.49° N, 159.97° E
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.
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What the records say
- When
- 5700 BCE
- Kind
- Volcanic eruption
- Coordinates
- 54.49° N, 159.97° E
- Date uncertainty
- ± 50 years
- Vent
- N part of caldera (Lake Dal'ny maar)
- Dated by
- Isotopic: 14C (uncalibrated)
- Volcano number
- 300170
- Eruption number
- 17646
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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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