# Avachinsky

- **Country:** Russia
- **Coordinates:** 53.255000, 158.830000
- **Age:** Pleistocene
- **Type:** Stratovolcano
- **Range:** Eastern Range
- **Listing:** Ultra, Ribu
- **Location:** Kamchatka, Russia
- **Map Size:** 300
- **Elevation M:** 2741
- **Prominence M:** 1550
- **Easiest Route:** basic rock/snow climb
- **Last Eruption:** October 5th, 2001
- **Label Position:** left

The volcano continues to experience frequent earthquakes and many fumaroles exist near the summit. The temperature of gases emitted at these fumaroles has been measured at over . In light of its proximity to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Avachinsky was designated a Decade Volcano in 1996 as part of the United Nations' International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction together with the nearby Koryaksky volcano.

![Photo of Avachinsky](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Avachinsky_Volcano_%2823682444539%29.jpg)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avachinsky (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)