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Country: | Russia | |
| Subregion Name: | Kamchatka Peninsula (Russia) | ||
| Volcano Number: | 1000-272 | ||
| Volcano Type: | Stratovolcano | ||
| Volcano Status: | Radiocarbon | ||
| Last Known Eruption: | 1500 ± 40 years | ||
| Summit Elevation: | 2000 m | 6,562 feet | |
| Latitude: | 54.75°N | 54°45'0"N | |
| Longitude: | 157.38°E | 157°23'0"E | |
| Khangar volcano, also spelled Hangar, is the southernmost volcano of the N-S-trending Sredinny Range, which stretches across western Kamchaktka. Khangar, which is the dominant feature within a larger volcano-tectonic depression, is composed of two parts--a stratovolcano with a 2-km-wide Holocene caldera and a large lava dome on its eastern flank. The steep-walled caldera, now filled by a lake, was formed during a major explosive eruption about 7000 years ago. An arcuate zone of pre-caldera flank lava domes nearly surrounds the volcano, and post-caldera domes form islands in the caldera lake. Late-stage olivine basalts were erupted along a NE-trending line in the southern part of the Khangar volcano-tectonic depression. The latest dated eruption from Khangar took place about 500 years ago and marks the youngest known eruption from the Sredinny Range volcanoes. | |||
