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Chirinkotan
Chirinkotan is a 724 m stratovolcano in Russia, erupting as recently as 2022.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 724 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, intermediate, 15–25 km
- Last eruption
- 2022
- Largest known
- VEI 3, severe, 2016
- Eruptions
- 11 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 48.98°N 153.48°E · Russia
- Region
- Kuril Volcanic Arc, Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 290260
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).