Akademia Nauk

Short description: Volcano located on the southern part of the Kamchatka peninsula

Akademia Nauk

The scenic lake-filled Akademia Nauk caldera, seen here from the north with Karymsky volcano in the foreground.

Highest point
Elevation| 1,180 m (3,870 ft) [1]
Listing| Volcanoes of Russia
Coordinates|  [ ⚑ ] : 53°59′1″N 159°27′40″E﻿ / ﻿53.98361°N 159.46111°E﻿ / 53.98361; 159.46111 [1]
Geography

Akademia Nauk

Location in Kamchatka Krai, Russia

Location| Kamchatka, Russia
Parent range| Eastern Range
Geology
Age of rock| Holocene
Mountain type| Caldera / Stratovolcanoes
Last eruption| January 1996[1]

Akademia Nauk (Russian: Академия Наук \- Academy of Sciences) is a volcano located in the southern part of Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia , next to the stratovolcano of Karymsky.[2] The volcano is filled with a few calderas, and the most notable one is known as Karymsky Lake (named after Karyms).[3]

The volcano is named after the Росси́йская Акаде́мия Нау́к, the Russian (Soviet) Academy of Sciences. It last erupted on the 2nd and 3rd of January in 1996.[2]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Akademia Nauk: General Information". Smithsonian Institution. https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=300125.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Akademia Nauk: Eruptive History". Smithsonian Institution. https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=300125.
3. ↑ "The Earth Story, Karymsky Lake: a natural ecological catastrophe". https://the-earth-story.com/post/164158126206/karymsky-lake-a-natural-ecological-catastrophe.

## External links

* "Topographic map of Akademia Nauk". https://opentopomap.org/#marker=14/53.983611/159.461111.

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