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Chikurachki

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Mountain type
  
Stratovolcano

Last eruption
  
2005

Listing
  
Ultra-prominent peak

Elevation
  
1,816 m

Prominence
  
1,816 m

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Similar
  
Fuss Peak, Ebeko, Alaid, Nemo Peak, Sinarka

Chikurachki (Russian: Чикурачки; Japanese: 千倉岳, Chikura-dake) is the highest volcano on Paramushir Island in the northern Kuril Islands. It is actually a relatively small volcanic 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 1,816-metre (5,958 ft) high Chikurachki reached the sea and form capes on the northwest coast; several young lava flows also emerge from beneath the scoria blanket on the eastern flank.

Map of Vulkan Chikurachki, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, 694550

References

Chikurachki Wikipedia