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Also known as Vulkan Ichinskaya Sopka

Ichinsky ( or Ичинская сопка, Ichinskaya sopka) is a large stratovolcano located in the central part of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. At , it is the highest peak of the Sredinny Range, the central range of the peninsula. Ichinsky is also among the largest volcanoes in Kamchatka, with a volume of about .

Key facts

Mountain.type
Stratovolcano
Mountain.name
Ichinsky
Mountain.photo
Вулкан Ичинскяа сопка.jpg
Mountain.elevation_m
3607
Mountain.prominence_m
3125
Mountain.prominence_ref
Ranked 75th
Mountain.listing
Ultra, Ribu
Mountain.map
Russia Kamchatka Krai
Mountain.map_caption
Location in Kamchatka Krai, Russia
Mountain.location
Kamchatka, Russia
Mountain.range
Sredinny Range
Mountain.age
Pleistocene–Holocene
Mountain.last_eruption
1740

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Ichinsky ( or Ичинская сопка, Ichinskaya sopka) is a large stratovolcano located in the central part of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. At , it is the highest peak of the Sredinny Range, the central range of the peninsula. Ichinsky is also among the largest volcanoes in Kamchatka, with a volume of about .

The volcano is capped by a summit caldera, within which rise two lava domes which are the highest peaks. The entire summit area is covered by a substantial ice cap, and several large glaciers descend the flanks of the cone. There is ongoing fumarolic activity within the caldera.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ichinsky” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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