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Karymsky Lake (Russian: Карымское озеро) is a volcanic crater lake located in the Akademia Nauk volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. Karymsky Lake and Volcano On midnight of 2 January 1996, Akademia Nauk and Karymsky Lake erupted.
Karymsky (Russian: Карымская сопка, Karymskaya sopka) is an active stratovolcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. It and Shiveluch are Kamchatka's largest, most active and most continuously erupting volcanoes, as well as one of the most active on the planet. It is named after the Karyms, an ethnic group in Russia.
On 2 January 1996, Akademia Nauk erupted. Eruptive pulses from the bottom of Karymsky Lake ejected steam and ash columns in the air every five to six hours for the 18 hours that followed, releasing approximately 30 to 40 million tons of highly acidic pyroclastic material in the air, tsunamis up to 20 meters (65 feet) also occurred.
Karymsky (masculine), Karymskaya (feminine), or Karymskoye (neuter) may refer to: Karymsky (volcano), a volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia; Karymsky Lake, a lake on the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia; Karymsky District, a district of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia; Karymskoye, an urban-type settlement in Karymsky District of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia
Name Elevation (m) Elevation (ft) Coordinates Last eruption Akademia Nauk: 1180: 3871: 1996 Akhtang: 1956: 6417: Holocene Alney-Chashakondzha: 2598: 8534: 1050 BC ± 1000 years
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