Kell (volcano)

Kell
Highest point
Elevation 900 m (3,000 ft)
Coordinates 51°39′N 157°21′E / 51.65°N 157.35°E / 51.65; 157.35
Geography
Location Kamchatka, Russia
Geology
Mountain type Stratovolcano
Last eruption Unknown

Kell (Russian: Келля) is a small extinct Holocene stratovolcano. It is located just north of the Zheltovsky volcano, within the Prizrak caldera on the southeast coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia.[1][2][3]

Because of its remote and inaccessible location, most information about the volcano comes from aerial surveys.[4] The volcano was discovered during an aerial survey in 1946.[3]

The Prizrak caldera has a diameter of about 4 km. It is located on top of the site of an ancient stratovolcano whose base has a diameter of about 10 km. The slopes of the caldera feature a network of erosional valleys.[3] Within the Prizrak caldera complex are at least three partially nested calderas, each about 3 to 5 km in diameter. Kell is the largest of several small stratovolcanoes, composed mainly of lava, in the innermost portion of the caldera. The caldera also contains lava domes.[1][2][4]

The innermost caldera is thought to date from the Late Pleistocene.[4] The activity of the volcano appears to have ceased in post-glacial time; there is no evidence of recent volcanism or hydrothermal activity.[2][3][4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Kell". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
  2. 1 2 3 Volcano World
  3. 1 2 3 4 Sviatlovskii, A. E. (Aleksandr Evgenevich) (1959). Атлас Вулканов СССР [Atlas of Volcanoes of the Soviet Union]. Moscow: USSR Academy of Sciences. p. 85.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Erlich, Edward (1986). Geology of Calderas of Kamchatka and Kurile Islands with Comparison to Calderas of Japan and the Aleutians (Report). U.S. Geological Survey. p. 100. Alaska Open-File Report 86-291.
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