Volcano Shisheika. Facts
Name: Shisheika
GVP Number: 300511
Synonims: Shishejka
Region: Kamchatka Peninsula
Volcanic Zone: Sredinny Range
Coordinates: 57°9'18" N 161°5'23" E
Absolute Elevation: 379 m
Status: Extinct
Location: At the right bank of Shishei River, 60 km NNW of Shiveluch volcano
Type: Lava dome
Composition:
Last known eruption: B.C. (Holocene)
Description

Area of the lava body is 4 km2; average thickness is ~150 m. Volume of erupted medium-K andesite-dacite is estimated at 0.5-0.6 km3. The erupion took place ~4.2 ka BP as suggested by the stratigraphic position of its tephra and a radiocarbon date obtained below the latter. The eruption produced also a minor tephra fall

References
Braitseva O.A., Ponomareva V.V., Melekestsev I.V., Sulerzhitskiy L.D., Pevzner M.M. Holocene Kamchatka volcanoes. 2002.full text
Related Resources
Holocene Kamchatka volcanoes