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Alaid

Type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
2285m
Last eruption
2022
Alaid
Photo: Eugene Kaspersky · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Russia
Region
Northwestern Pacific / Kuril Volcanic Arc
Elevation
2285m
Coordinates
50.861, 155.565
Last eruption
2022
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Basalt / Picro-basalt

Geological summary

The highest and northernmost volcano of the Kuril Islands, Alaid is a symmetrical stratovolcano when viewed from the north, but has a 1.5-km-wide summit crater that is breached open to the south.

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From Wikipedia

Alaid, also called Atlasov due to its location or Araido in Japanese, is a volcano on Atlasov Island of the Kuril Islands, Russia. It is the northernmost volcano of the islands, and one of the most active. The height is disputed between 2,285 metres (7,497 ft) to 2,339 metres (7,674 ft) tall. It is the highest peak of the Kuril Islands.

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Eruption history

17 recordedGlossary

Record summary

Confirmed eruptions
15
Uncertain eruptions
2
Span of confirmed record
1790 – 2022
Largest confirmed eruption
VEI 4 (1981, the most recent of 2)
Confirmed eruptions since 1900
11
Summary (VEI over time)
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1790~1813 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 41836~1860 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 31860~1883 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 31883~1906 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21929~1952 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21952~1976 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 31976~1999 · 6 eruptions · max VEI 41999~2022 · 4 eruptions · max VEI 217901836190619521999

Detailed timeline

  1. 2022VEI 2Observed
    2022-09-10 – 2022-11-26
  2. 2018VEI 1Observed
    2018-08-21 – 2018-08-21
    Summit crater
  3. 2015VEI 1Observed
    2015-09-29 – 2016-08-11
    Summit crater
  4. 2012VEI 2Observed
    2012-10-05 – 2012-12-12
    Summit crater
  5. 1997VEI ?Method not stated
    1997-08-23 – 1997-08-23
  6. 1996VEI 2Observed
    1996-12-03 – end unknown
  7. 1986VEI 2Observed
    1986-05-25 – 1986-05-28
  8. 1982VEI 2Observed
    1982-03-29 – 1982-03-29
  9. 1981VEI 4Observed
    1981-04-27 – 1981-06-05
  10. 1981VEI 2Observed
    1981-11-25 – end unknown
  11. 1973VEI ?Method not stated
    1973-07-02 – end unknown
  12. 1972VEI 3Observed
    1972-06-18 – 1972-09-11
    NW foot
  13. 1933VEI 2Observed
    1933-11-13 – 1934-08-16
    East submarine flank (Taketomi)
  14. 1894VEI 2Observed
    1894-07-02 – end unknown
  15. 1860VEI 3Observed
    1860-07-07 – 1860-07-09
  16. 1854VEI 3Observed
    1854-06-27 – end unknown
  17. 1790VEI 4Observed
    1790 – 1793

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