Ksudach Caldera System, Kamchatka

Ksudach volcano with two crater lakes. Breached Shtyubel volcano is in the northern portion of the main caldera. Note denuded flanks via the 1907 eruption. Volcanic structure at the One O’clock position is unnamed. Screen capture from Google Maps.

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Diky Greben and the Kurile Lake Caldera, Kamchatka, Russia

Diky Greben volcanic complex from Kurile Lake. Image courtesy Wiki

PAUL… or AVACHINSKAYA SOPKA, Kamchatka

The Southwest side of Avachinsky Volcano 09/2014 (© kuhnmi via Wikimedia)

Although I have known that the Avachinsky is one of the more active volcanoes in Kamchatka, somehow I habitually tended to skip it when checking webcams and reports for new activity in Kamchatka – I saw forever this owl face, this snow-covered, never-changing mountain… That has changed since I came across this wonderful diary by a 19th century German-Baltic geologist and explorer, K. v. Ditmar. He had lived and worked 1851-55 in Petropavlovsk, at the foot of two magnificent volcanoes. Although he didn’t manage to get to the crater – bad weather, strong gas emissions and superstitious company made him abandon two attempts – he loved volcanoes!

MALY SEMYACHIK (🇷🇺) & A glimpse at PHOTOGRAMMETRY

View to the W in a helicopter overflight of Maly Semyachik, with an old eroded cone of another volcano of this caldera in the background. (Img. via Twitter by “@ГК РФ(🇷🇺)в Женеве” Oct. 16, 2017)

Kamchatka is one of the most remote parts of the world with difficult access to most of its volcanoes. And yet, there are detailed maps available, and many of the volcanoes are researched well. Have you ever wondered how on earth volcanologists figure out the volume of a crater lake or the size of

The Tolbachik Hot Corner

Plosky Tolbachik eruption in 2012 http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/339347

Hissing, Rumbling – and sometimes Erupting: MUTNOVSKY VOLCANO, Kamchatka

Strong fumarole activity of Mutnovsky volcano active crater, 9/2015 (© D. Melnikov, IVS FEB RAS, KVERT)

Tectonics of the Kamchatka Peninsula

Kliuchevskoi volcano group in eruption, Nov. 16, 2013 – http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/12/04/volcanoes_from_space_two_eruptions_seen_from_the_iss.html