Kronotsky
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Kronotsky (, Kronotskaya Sopka) is a major stratovolcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. It is located in Kronotsky Nature Reserve to the east of Lake Kronotskoye (the largest freshwater lake in Kamchatka). It has a particularly symmetrical conical shape, comparable to Mount Fuji in Japan and to Mount Mayon in the Philippines. The summit crater is plugged by a volcanic neck, and the summit itself is ice-capped. It exhibits the classic radial drainage pattern, extending downward from its crater. Kronotsky is considered to be one of the most scenic volcanoes in Kamchatka. In the 20th century
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Kronotsky
- Mountain.photo
- Kronotsky volcano.jpg
- Mountain.photo_caption
- Kronotsky
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 3482
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 2736
- Mountain.listing
- Ultra, Ribu
- Mountain.map
- Russia Kamchatka Krai#Russia
- Mountain.map_caption
- Location in Russia
- Mountain.location
- Kamchatka, Russia
- Mountain.range
- Eastern Range
- Mountain.type
- Stratovolcano
- Mountain.last_eruption
- February 1923
- Mountain.easiest_route
- basic rock/snow climb
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- volcano
- Part of
- Eastern Range
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Continent
- Asia
- Elevation
- 3482
- Material used
- basalt
- Image
- Kronotsky volcano.jpg
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- Kronotsky volcano
- topographic prominence
- 2736
- mountain range
- Eastern Range
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Kronotsky (, Kronotskaya Sopka) is a major stratovolcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. It is located in Kronotsky Nature Reserve to the east of Lake Kronotskoye (the largest freshwater lake in Kamchatka). It has a particularly symmetrical conical shape, comparable to Mount Fuji in Japan and to Mount Mayon in the Philippines. The summit crater is plugged by a volcanic neck, and the summit itself is ice-capped. It exhibits the classic radial drainage pattern, extending downward from its crater. Kronotsky is considered to be one of the most scenic volcanoes in Kamchatka. In the 20th century, the volcano had low activity, with occasional weak phreatic eruptions. Its latest eruption started on October 4, 2025, with an ash cloud up to high.
==See also== Kronotsky Nature Reserve List of ultras of Northeast Asia List of volcanoes in Russia
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kronotsky” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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