Khangar (russian: Хангар) is a stratovolcano located in the central part of

Kamchatka Peninsula The Kamchatka Peninsula (russian: полуостров Камчатка, Poluostrov Kamchatka, ) is a peninsula in the Russian Far East, with an area of about . The Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk make up the peninsula's eastern and w ...

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. It is the southernmost volcano of the Sredinny Range. Its 2 km-wide

caldera A caldera ( ) is a large cauldron-like hollow that forms shortly after the emptying of a magma chamber in a volcano eruption. When large volumes of magma are erupted over a short time, structural support for the rock above the magma chamber is ...

is now filled by a lake.

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* Mountains of the Kamchatka Peninsula Volcanoes of the Kamchatka Peninsula Stratovolcanoes of Russia Volcanic crater lakes VEI-6 volcanoes Calderas of Russia Holocene calderas Holocene stratovolcanoes {{KamchatkaKrai-geo-stub

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