53°54' N, 158°04' E, summit elevation 2276 m
Bakening volcano is located in the upper streams of Srednyaya ("Middle") Avacha river. Along with this stratovolcano, Srednyaya and Levaya ("Left") Avacha basins host a suite of monogenetic vents. Immediately to the north of Bakening there is a huge Early Holocene monogenetic silicic lava volcano named Novo-Bakening. To the south of Bakening a number of Holocene monogenetic cinder cones and maars form a group named Kostakan. Several large monogenetic cones of Holocene age are also scattered at a distance of 25-30 km east of Bakening: Veer, Peschanaya or Zavaritsky, Volcanic mt. etc). This region is a very popular destination for backpacking trips from Petropavlovsk.
In the case of nice weather one can see from the top of Bakening a scenery panorama to the Avachinskaya volcanic group, Zhupanovsky and Kronotsky Volcanos. There are six mountain lakes down the slopes of Bakening: Dalneye (Far), Medvezhye (Bear), Verkhneye (Upper), Avachinskoye, Vysokoye (High) and Maluye (small) Lakes. Huge flows of hardened lava are situated to the North-East from Novo-Bakening Volcano.
Bakening was constructed mostly in Late Pleistocene. Its Early Holocene activity was likely associated with flank extrusive domes, tephra of which is present in the lower part of soil-pyroclastic sequence. About 8000-8500 years B.P. volcano’s edifice was destroyed by a debris avalanche crater, breached to SE. The avalanche dammed the river to form two beautiful lakes. Debris avalanche was followed by a block-and-ash pyroclastic flow. This eruption is likely the last serious event in the Bakening's life. Holocene erupted products are mid-potassic calcalkaline andesites and dacites.
Novo-Bakening volcano is an Early Holocene monogenetic lava volcano composed of hornblende-bearing mid-potassic andesite-dacite. Its western lava flow is about 5 km long at a maximum width of about 1.5 km. Eastern lava flow is 2-2.5 km long and its frontal part forms a shore of Medvezhie lake. Total volume of the Novo-Bakening volcanic products is about 1.4-1.6 km3.
Holocene cinder cones in Sr. and L.Avacha basins are dominantly basaltic, some of them being notable for high MgO content. The most recent cones (Kostakan) formed about 600 years BP.