Elevation 1,617 m | Mountain type Volcanic calderas Last eruption 5700 BC | |
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Similar Avachinsky, Mutnovsky, Gorely, Maly Semyachik, Kurile Lake |
Uzon (Russian: Узон) is a 9 by 12 km volcanic caldera located in the eastern part of Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. Together with the Geyzernaya caldera it hosts the largest geothermal field in the Kamchatka Peninsula. The calderas were formed in the mid-Pleistocene in several large eruptions that deposited 20–25 km3 of ignimbrite over a wide area. Lake Dalny fills a Holocene maar in the northeast of Uzon Caldera.
Map of Uzon, Kamchatka Krai, Russia, 684305
The Uzon Caldera is a location of the occurrence of extremophile micro-organisms due to its high localized temperatures.(C.Michael Hogan. 2010)
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