Chikurachki
Sign in to saveChikurachki (; , 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 the high Chikurachki reached the sea and formed capes on the northwest coast; several young lava flows also emerge from beneath the scoria blanket on the eastern flank.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Chikurachki
- Mountain.photo
- Chikurachki_med.jpg
- Mountain.photo_caption
- Eruption of Chikurachki, 22 April 2003
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 1816
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 1816
- Mountain.listing
- Ultra, Ribu
- Mountain.map
- Russia Sakhalin Oblast
- Mountain.map_size
- 250
- Mountain.location
- Paramushir, Kuril Islands, Russia
- Mountain.type
- Stratovolcano
- Mountain.last_eruption
- July 2016
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Chikurachki (; , 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 the high Chikurachki reached the sea and formed capes on the northwest coast; several young lava flows also emerge from beneath the scoria blanket on the eastern flank.
thumb|left|250px|Eruption of Chikurachki, 13 May 2003