Sinarka Volcano
Updated: Apr 18, 2024 23:24 GMT -
stratovolcano 934 m / 3,064 ft
Central Kurile islands, Russia, 48.88°N / 154.18°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Central Kurile islands, Russia, 48.88°N / 154.18°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Last update: 17 Dec 2021
Sinarka volcano is an andesitic stratovolcano on the northern end of Shiashkotan Island in the central Kuriles, Russia. The youngest features are 2 lava domes, which have had small explosive eruptions in historic times.
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Sinarka volcano eruptions: 1872-78, 1855, 1846, 1725
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Background
Sinarka has a complex structure: A small, 2-km-wide depression open to the NW has been largely filled and overtopped by an andesitic postglacial central cone that itself contains a lava dome that forms the 934 m high point of the island. Another lava dome, Zheltokamennaya Mountain, lies 1.5 km to the SW along the buried SW rim of the caldera, and a smaller dome lies along the northern caldera rim.(Source: GVP)
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