GVP volcano 290210 · no holder yet
Ushishur
Ushishur is a 357 m caldera in Russia, last erupted in 1884.
- Type
- Caldera
- Summit
- 357 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 1884
- Largest known
- VEI 4, cataclysmic, 7450 BCE
- Eruptions
- 4 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 47.51°N 152.81°E · Russia
- Region
- Kuril Volcanic Arc, Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 290210
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).