Chikurachki

Chikurachki

Eruption of Chikurachki, 22 April 2003
Elevation 1,816 m (5,958 ft)[1]
Prominence 1,816 m (5,958 ft)[1]
Listing Ultra
Location
Chikurachki

Paramushir, Kuril Islands, Russia

Coordinates 50°19′24″N 155°27′39″E / 50.32333°N 155.46083°ECoordinates: 50°19′24″N 155°27′39″E / 50.32333°N 155.46083°E[1]
Geology
Type Stratovolcano
Last eruption February to April 2015 (ongoing)

Chikurachki (Russian: Чикурачки; Japanese: 千倉岳, Chikura-dake) is the highest volcano on Paramushir Island in the northern Kuril islands, is actually a relatively small cone constructed on a high Pleistocene volcanic edifice. Oxidized andesitic scoria deposits covering the upper part of the young cone give it a distinctive red color. Lava flows from 1,816-metre (5,958 ft) high Chikurachki reached the sea and form capes on the NW coast; several young lava flows also emerge from beneath the scoria blanket on the eastern flank.

Eruption of Chikurachki, 13 May 2003

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Russia: Kamchatka and the Russian Pacific Islands Ultra-Prominence Page" Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2011-11-27.

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