BEZYMIANNY

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BEZYMIANNY
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WHAT TYPE OF VOLCANO IT IS

• Bezymianny is located on the southeast slope of
  the extinct volcano Kamen. The Location is
  55.98N, 160.58E. The Elevation is 9,453 feet
  (2,882 m). Bezymianny is 800 meters in diameter.
  Bezymianny is located on a fault which runs in a
  northeast to southwest direction. A large portion
  of the volcano is made of a thick mass of light
  gray hornblende and andesites. Bezymianny is a
  stratovolcano /Composite

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LAVA

• Lava on the lower slopes of bezymianny are
  covered by loose pyroclastic deposits. Many
  flows of lava composed of darker augite
  originating from this crater partly reaching the
  bottom of the volcano. When the lava cools it
  turns grayish black and into an igneous rock.

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History of eruptions

• Bezymianny has erupted 34 times. Eruptions occur
  once or twice a year. The most recent eruption
  was December 2001, there was an ash cloud had
  risen to an estimated 5,000 to 7,000 km. Then a
  tremor began on march 15 the volcano started
  erupting again. The eruptions have never caused
  any casualties but it did burn a lot of the
  peoples land.

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Why is the volcano located where it is?

• Bezymianny is located in Kamchatka, Russia
  because two continental plates converged to make
  Bezymianny.
• This Volcano is currently active because it
  erupts twice every year.

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Some interesting facts about bezymianny

• Bezymianny means No name because it had not
  erupted in historic time.
• Bezymianny is located on an extinct volcano kamen
  on the Kamchatka peninsula in Russia.

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Photos of Bezymianny
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Some of the eruption dates

• Bezymianny volcano erupted in 1955 after being
  dormant for 1000 years. A gas and ash eruption
  occurred at Bezymianny in October 2000 and
  December 2001.
• Eruptions of Bezymianny Volcano 2001, 2000,
  1998, 1997, 1996-97, 1994-95, 1993-94, 1992,
  1991, 1990, 1989, 1986-88, 1986, 1985, 1984,
  1981-83, 1980, 1980, 1979, 1979, 1978, 1977,
  1976, 1971-74, 1965-70, 1964, 1964, 1963, 1962,
  1961, 1961, 1961, 1960, 1959, 1958-59, 1958,
  1958, 1957, 1955-57

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Names of other volcanoes around Bezymianny

• Tolbachik that has last erupted in
  1975-197generating on of the largest centuries
  fissure eruptions
• Kliuchevskoi is a stratovolcano and the highest
  peak in Kamchatka (15, 900 feet 4,850 m). It has
  erupted 85 times since 1697, most recently in
  1994.

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Bibliography

• http//volcano.und.edu/
• http//library.thinkquest.org/17457/english.html
• http//www.imina.soest,hawaii.edu/gg/ASK/volcanoes
  .html

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We would like to thank

• http//volcano.und.edu/
• http//library.thinkquest.org/17457/english.html
• http//www.imina.soest,hawaii.edu/gg/ASK/volcanoes
  .html