Russia · Complex volcano
Karpinsky Group
- Type
- Complex volcano
- Elevation
- 1326m
- Last eruption
- Unknown
- Type
- Complex volcano
- Country
- Russia
- Region
- Northwestern Pacific / Kuril Volcanic Arc
- Elevation
- 1326m
- Coordinates
- 50.142, 155.385
- Last eruption
- Unknown
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- Andesite / Basaltic andesite
Geological summary
The Karpinsky Group on southern Paramushir Island in the Kuril Islands consists of three Holocene andesitic volcanic centers at the southern end of the Karpinsky Ridge.
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From Wikipedia
The Karpinsky Group is a volcanic group located at the southern end of Paramushir Island, Kuril Islands, Russia. The group is capped by two gently sloping cones rising to a height of 1,326 m. They are composed of andesites and andesite-basalts. In the two craters there are fumaroles and fountains of liquid sulfur. The last major, and only historic, eruption was in 1952. The sides of the volcanoes have been heavily glaciated leaving a number of cirques which were initially thought to be eroded craters. The volcanoes were named after the geologist Aleksandr Petrovich Karpinsky.
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Eruption history
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