Chikurachki

Chikurachki
Chikurachki

Eruption of Chikurachki, 22 April 2003
Elevation 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 / 50.325; 155.458
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.

Eruption of Chikurachki, 13 May 2003

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