Ksudach

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Ksudach
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Ksudach

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Location

• Ksudach is in Kamchatka, Russia
• Its exact location is 51.80N. and 157.53E.

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Elevation and Diameter

• Ksudachs elevation is 3,539 ft. (1,079)
• Its Diameter is about 7km

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Information on Ksudach

• Ksudach is also known as Stubel volcano or
  Voniuchi Khrebet
• Ksudach is a Caldera
• its well known for its eruption in 1907

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More information

• At the bottom of Ksudach are two rivers.
• One of them is Bolshoe which means Big in
  Russian.
• The other is Kraternoe which means cratered in
  Russian

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Kraternoe

• Kraternoe occupies the 1907 eruption crater.
• Kraternoe is the headwaters of the Khodutka
  river.
• Bolshoe has no outlets

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What scientists Believe

• Scientists believe that Ksudach caldera itself
  lies within a huge ancient caldera.

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Other Things to know
The active strato-cone is located in the northern
most caldera
The active strato-cone is part of a linear chain
of small lava volcanoes and cinder cones that cut
across this northern portion of the caldera
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Bibliography

• The information for this presentation came from
• Volcano World (?)
• Ask Jeeves (Ask.com) Key word Ksudach
• Britannica.com