VOLCANOES
OF NORTHERN KURILES
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| Hazard synopsis | ||||||||
Principal
hazards are ash plumes, ash falls.
Ash falls possible at: |
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| Monitoring status | ||||||||
| Satellite monitoring | ||||||||
| Form and structure | ||||||||
The
stratovolcano is the correct strongly truncated cone with a crater
(in diameter up to 700 m and depth up to 300 m) at the top. |
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| Volcanic activity | ||||||||
1854
– strong explosive eruption 1969, 1978, 1981, 1982, 2004 (fumarolic activity) |
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| Location | ||||||||
The
volcano forms a separate peninsula at Southwest coast of Paramushir
Island, it is located in 80 km to the southwest from Severo-Kurilsk. |
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| Composition | ||||||||
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| Age | ||||||||
| 40,000-50,000 |
