Shiveluch

Streams of lava flowed down the slopes of Shiveluch.

Kamchatka, Russian Volcano, Spews Giant Ash Clouds AP 2010

Shiveluch quieted down later Thursday, but Klyuchevskaya Sopka, which stands 15,584 feet (4,750 meters) high, kept erupting, Russian officials said.

Kamchatka, Russian Volcano, Spews Giant Ash Clouds AP 2010

Ust-Kamchatsk is 45 miles (70 kilometers) east of Shiveluch and 75 miles (120 kilometers) northeast of Klyuchevskaya Sopka, and winds blew ash from both on the town.

Kamchatka, Russian Volcano, Spews Giant Ash Clouds AP 2010

The Klyuchevskaya Sopka, Eurasia's highest active volcano, exploded along with the Shiveluch volcano, 45 miles (70 kilometers) to the northeast, the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry's branch in Kamchatka said, adding that flights in the area had to change course.

Kamchatka, Russian Volcano, Spews Giant Ash Clouds AP 2010

Jen Burke, a meteorologist with the Alaska Aviation Weather Unit, said ash from the Shiveluch eruption – the larger of the two – was moving across the Bering Sea at a height of 25,000 feet (7,620 meters).

Kamchatka, Russian Volcano, Spews Giant Ash Clouds AP 2010

Incidentally there were at least 2 large explosive volcanic eruptions in 1739, Shiveluch in Kamchatka and Shikotsu in Japan.

Trenberth [1984] « Climate Audit 2005

Pyroclastic flow deposits and a wispy plume from Russia's Shiveluch as seen on August 3, 2011.

Wired Top Stories Erik Klemetti 2011

Volcanoes of Kamchatka - Shiveluch, Bezymianny and Kliuchevskoi volcanoes on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula appear in this week's GVP report, but the image today only has one of them - Kliuchevskoi that, along with Shiveluch, shows a wispy plume drifting eastward.

Wired Top Stories Erik Klemetti 2011

Shiveluch, both of which are experiencing explosions produced ash-and-steam columns that reach over 7 km/22,000 feet.

ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2010

The 3,283-meter (10,771-foot) Shiveluch volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula increased its volcanic activity in May 2009 and periodically spews ash from three to eight kilometers (1. 9-5 miles).

RIA Novosti 2010