GVP volcano 290100 · no holder yet
Moyorodake [Medvezhia]
Moyorodake [Medvezhia] is a 1,124 m stratovolcano in the Kuril Islands, administered by Russia and claimed by Japan, last erupted in 1999.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 1,124 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, intermediate, 15–25 km
- Last eruption
- 1999
- Largest known
- VEI 2, explosive, 1883
- Eruptions
- 5 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 45.39°N 148.84°E · Japan - administered by Russia
- Region
- Kuril Volcanic Arc, Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 290100
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).