IVS FEB RAS Geoportal. Geysers of Kamchatka. Nizhniy Maliok. Object description

Nizhniy Maliok. Facts

гейзер Нижний малек Дата: 2024/9/17
Name:	Nizhniy Maliok
Code:	7NIZ
Region:	Kamchatka Peninsula
Hydrothermal system:	Geyser
Hydrothermal region:	Valley of Geysers
Thermal area:	Tsentralnyy
Coordinates:	54°26'21" N 160°8'40" E
Location:	to the right of the Pink Cone geyser in the channel of a small stream
Type:	dwarf geyser
Status:	active
Activity periods:	1960 – continued

Description

A dwarf geyser Nizhny Maliok (Lower Little one) located in the channel of a small stream, to the right of the Pink Cone geyser and below the dwarf geyser Upper Maliok. The Belousovs have been monitoring the geyser since 2017. Its eruption period is 3-5 minutes, the duration of the eruptions is 5-10 seconds, the height of the emissions is 10-20 cm.