A powerful eruption of the Shiveluch volcano occurred in Kamchatka in Russia. Volcanic ash, the height of which is from 15 to 20 kilometers, covered several nearby villages this night (evening against April 11), according to the local newspaper Kommersant..
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Based on the above, the incident has a red aviation hazard code..
Shiveluch volcano is 60-70 thousand years old, it is the northernmost active volcano in Kamchatka.
The volcano is located in the northern part of the central Kamchatka depression (lowlands). Its coordinates are 56°38' north latitude and 161°19' east longitude..
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She is alive: we recall that NASA recently found evidence of a recent volcanic eruption on Venus.
And the Perseverance rover found volcanic rocks in a crater thought to be a dry lake..
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