Chikurachki | |
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![]() Eruption of Chikurachki, 22 April 2003 | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,816 m (5,958 ft)[1] |
Prominence | 1,816 m (5,958 ft)[1] |
Listing | Ultra |
Coordinates | 50°19′24″N 155°27′39″E / 50.32333°N 155.46083°E[1] |
Geography | |
Geology | |
Mountain type | Stratovolcano |
Last eruption | July 2016 |
Chikurachki (Russian: Чикурачки; Japanese: 千倉岳, Chikura-dake) is the highest volcano on Paramushir Island in the northern Kuril Islands. It is actually a relatively small volcanic 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 the 1,816-metre (5,958 ft) high Chikurachki reached the sea and formed capes on the northwest coast; several young lava flows also emerge from beneath the scoria blanket on the eastern flank.
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See also
Notes
- ^ a b c "Russia: Kamchatka and the Russian Pacific Islands Ultra-Prominence Page" Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2011-11-27.
References
- Siebert L, Simkin T (2002–present). Volcanoes of the World: an Illustrated Catalog of Holocene Volcanoes and their Eruptions. Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program Digital Information Series, GVP-3 (http://www.volcano.si.edu).
- "Chikurachki". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
- "Vulkan Chikurachki, Russia" on Peakbagger