Tolbachik

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Tolbachik is a large basaltic volcano on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, known for its dramatic fissure eruptions and extensive lava fields.


Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf basaltic volcano
stratovolcano
volcano
composition basalt
continent Asia
country Russia
elevation 3682 m
approximately 3680 m
eruptionEnd 2013
eruptionName Great Tolbachik Fissure Eruption
eruptionStart 27 November 2012
eruptionStyle Hawaiian-style eruption
Strombolian eruption
fissure eruption
eruptionYear 1975
1976
fedBy subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the Eurasian Plate
hasFeature cinder cones
fissure vents
lava fields
hasPart Ostry Tolbachik
Plosky Tolbachik
Tolbachik volcanic massif
hazard lava flows
tephra fall
volcanic gases
lastEruption 2012–2013
locatedIn Kamchatka Krai
Kamchatka Peninsula
Pacific Ring of Fire
Russian Far East
locatedInProtectedArea Volcanoes of Kamchatka World Heritage Site
locatedOn Kamchatka Peninsula
majorEruption 1975–1976
mountainRange Eastern Range of Kamchatka
near Bezymianny volcano
Klyuchevskoy volcano
notableFor dramatic fissure eruptions
extensive lava fields
large basaltic lava flows
long-lived flank eruptions
region Klyuchevskaya volcanic group
tectonicPlate Eurasian Plate
Pacific Plate
tectonicSetting subduction zone
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Volcanoes of Kamchatka
volcanicArcOrBelt Kamchatka Volcanic Arc
volcanoType shield volcano (lower edifice)
stratovolcano (upper edifice)

Referenced by (6)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Tolbachik ("Plosky Tolbachik")
Tolbachik ("Ostry Tolbachik")
Tolbachik ("Tolbachik volcanic massif")
hasPart
Tolbachik ("Great Tolbachik Fissure Eruption")
eruptionName
Bezymianny ("Tolbachik volcano")
near
Kamchatka volcanic arc
notableVolcano

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