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Volcanoes, Kronotsky nature reserve, Kamchatka peninsula, Russia - by Igor Shpilenok (1960), Russian

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Kronotsky volcano by michaelmelford posted by natgeo 2019-12-21..

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Snow-covered volcanoes on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, taken from the International Space Station.

Kronotsky and Kizimen are stratovolcanoes with symmetrical cores. Kronotsky (one of the largest volcanoes on the peninsula) last erupted in 1923, and Kizimen in 1928.

North (right) of Kronotsky is Schmidt, a shield volcano that hasn't erupted since humans began keeping records. Krasheninnikov is to the south, made up of overlapping stratovolcanoes that formed within an earlier caldera. Two summit craters are visible. Krasheninnikov may have last erupted in 1550.

Lake Kronotskoye is the largest lake on the peninsula. It formed when lava flows from Kronotsky dammed the Listvenichnaya River. There are 114 volcanoes on the Kamchatka Peninsula that have erupted during the Holocene Era (during the last 12,000 years).