Chikurachki (Russian: Чикурачки; Japanese: 千倉岳, 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 1,816-metre (5,958 ft) 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.

Chikurachki
Eruption of Chikurachki, 22 April 2003
Highest point
Elevation1,816 m (5,958 ft)[1]
Prominence1,816 m (5,958 ft)[1]
ListingUltra
Coordinates50°19′24″N 155°27′39″E / 50.32333°N 155.46083°E / 50.32333; 155.46083[1]
Geography
Geology
Mountain typeStratovolcano
Last eruptionJuly 2016
Eruption of Chikurachki, 13 May 2003

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  • Siebert L, Simkin T (2002–present). Volcanoes of the World: an Illustrated Catalog of Holocene Volcanoes and their Eruptions. Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program Digital Information Series, GVP-3 (http://www.volcano.si.edu).
  • "Chikurachki". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
  • "Vulkan Chikurachki, Russia" on Peakbagger