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Country: | Russia | |
| Subregion Name: | Kamchatka Peninsula (Russia) | ||
| Volcano Number: | 1000-16- | ||
| Volcano Type: | Stratovolcano | ||
| Volcano Status: | Radiocarbon | ||
| Last Known Eruption: | 550 BC (?) | ||
| Summit Elevation: | 2353 m | 7,720 feet | |
| Latitude: | 54.53°N | 54°32'0"N | |
| Longitude: | 159.80°E | 159°48'0"E | |
| Taunshits volcano, located west of the massive Uzon caldera, is an andesitic stratovolcano that was constructed beginning about 39,000 years Before Present (BP) on top of a large Pleistocene tuya pedestal. The 2353-m-high summit of Taunshits is truncated by a horseshoe-shaped crater breached to the west that formed about 8000 years BP during an eruption producing a directed blast and a 3 cu km debris avalanche that traveled 19 km to the west. Another strong explosive eruption took place about 2500 years BP. Two satellitic cones occupy the southern flank, and a cluster of Holocene cinder cones farther to the south may also be related to Taunshits. | |||
