GVP volcano 300023 · no holder yet
Kurile Lake
Kurile Lake is an 81 m caldera in Russia, last erupted around 6440 BCE.
- Type
- Caldera
- Summit
- 81 m above sea level
- Rock
- Dacite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 6440 BCE
- Largest known
- VEI 7, super-colossal, 6440 BCE
- Eruptions
- 2 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 51.45°N 157.12°E · Russia
- Region
- Kuril Volcanic Arc, Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 300023
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).