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Karymsky is the most active stratovolcano of Kamchatka’s eastern volcanic zone. It is located on the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia and it remains one of the world’s volcanoes with persistent activity. Much of its cone is surrounded by lava flows.
Location: | Kamchatka, Russia |
Coordinates: | 54.050428, 159.432694 |
Volcano Type: | Stratovolcano |
Karymsky’s Location
Karymsky’s Latest Status
2024: Current Alert Level 1 – Not Active.
Karymsky’s Eruptive History
2023 | Jan 2023: The Aviation Color Code for Karymsky has been downgraded to Green |
2022 | Strong explosions through to August followed by steam/gas emissions and thermal anomalies |
2018 | Feb-October – Ongoing eruptions / volcanic ash advisories issued. |
2017 | June-Dec – Ongoing eruptions / volcanic ash advisories issued. |
2014 | More active than usual. Ash plumes rising to 5000m |
2013 | Ongoing eruptions, ash plumes rising to 3000m |
2012 | Ongoing eruptions, ash plumes rising to 7000m. Hot spots/thermal anomaly detected on MODIS |
2010 | Ongoing eruptions, ash plumes rising to 7000m |
2009 | Ongoing eruptions. Lava dome building and thermal anomaly deteced. |
2008 | Ongoing eruptions |
2006 | Ongoing eruptions, strong strombolian activity observed |
Karymsky Monitoring
For monitoring of this volcano, please refer to KVERT
Karymsky Images
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