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Mount Elbrus
Stratovolcano · 5,642 m · Russia
Mount Elbrus sits on the Eurasian Plate, above a hotspot, away from plate boundaries. 1 eruption is known since the end of the last ice age, the most recent in 50.
- Elevation
- 5,642 m
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Tectonic Setting
- Intraplate (hotspot), continental crust
- Dominant Rock
- Dacite
- Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Country
- Russia
- Last Eruption
- 50
- Known Eruptions (Holocene)
- 1
Nearby Cities
Cities of more than 20,000 people within 100 km.
- 66 kmKislovodsk133,000 people
- 96 kmPyatigorsk143,000 people
- 96 kmNalchik308,000 people
Eruption Timeline
Each bar is an eruption; its height shows its explosivity (VEI 0 to 8).
Eruption Uncertain Date
Sources : Global Volcanism Program, 2026. Volcanoes of the World (v. 5.4.0; 7 Aug 2026), Smithsonian Institution, doi:10.5479/si.GVP.VOTW5-2026.5.4 (volcano.si.edu) · NOAA NCEI · USGS · Wikidata