About Bezymianny Volcano:
- It is a cone-shaped stratovolcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russia.
Key Facts about Stratovolcano:
- It is a tall, steep, and cone-shaped type of volcano.
- Unlike flat shield volcanoes, they have higher peaks.
- They are typically found above subduction zones, and they are often part of large volcanically active regions, such as the Ring of Fire that frames much of the Pacific Ocean.
- Stratovolcanoes comprise the largest percentage of the Earth’s individual volcanoes, and most are characterized by eruptions of andesite and dacite, lavas that are cooler and more viscous than basalt.
- These more viscous lavas allow gas pressures to build up to high levels. Therefore, these volcanoes often suffer explosive eruptions.
- They are usually about half-half lava and pyroclastic material, and the layering of these products gives them their other common name of composite volcanoes.
- At the peak, stratovolcanoes usually have a small crater.
