Karymsky

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Karymsky
Elevation 1,536 metres (5,039 feet)
Location Kamchatka, Russia
Coordinates 54°3′N 159°26′E
Type Stratovolcano
Age of rock Holocene
Last eruption 2006 (continuing)
Easiest route basic rock/snow climb

Karymsky is a volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. It is the most active volcano of Kamchatka's eastern volcanic zone, is a symmetrical stratovolcano constructed within a 5-km-wide caldera that formed during the early Holocene. Much of the cone is mantled by lava flows less than 200 years old. Historical eruptions have been vulcanian or vulcanian-strombolian with moderate explosive activity and occasional lava flows from the summit crater.

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