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Chikurachki
Eruption of Chikurachki, 22 April 2003Elevation 1,816 m (5,958 ft) Prominence 1,816 m (5,958 ft) Listing Ultra Location Location Paramushir, Kuril Islands, Russia Coordinates 50°19′30″N 155°27′29″E / 50.325°N 155.458°E Geology Type Stratovolcano Last eruption 2008 Chikurachki (Russian: Чикурачки) is the highest volcano on Paramushir Island in the northern Kuriles, 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 1816-m-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.
See also
References
- Siebert L, Simkin T (2002-). 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/world/).
- "Chikurachki". Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution. http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0900-36=.
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