Bezymianny

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Bezymianny

Kamchatka volcanoes: Klyuchevskaya Sopka (up), Bezymianny (down), both in activity, and the Kamen (middle).
Elevation 2,882 metres (9,455 feet)
Location Kamchatka, Russia
Coordinates 55°58′42″N, 160°35′12″E
Type Stratovolcano
Last eruption 2006

Bezymianny (Russian: Безымянный) is an active stratovolcano in Kamchatka, Russia. The volcano's name means "nameless".

Bezymianny is located on the southeast slope of the extinct volcano Kamen. Its greatest eruption happened in 1955-1956 which lowered the top of the mountain by about 200 m (600 ft). The surrounding landscape of the mountain was changed by a lateral blast that flattened the area with thick ash and pyroclastic flow-like materials.

The 1956 eruption of Bezymianny was similar to the May 18, 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in the United States. During the 1956 eruption, a debris avalanche removed 0.5 cubic kilometres of material and also produced a "directed blast" as magma became exposed at the surface.

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