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Fuss Peak

Stratovolcano · Russia · 1742m

Fuss Peak forms a peninsula on the SW coast of Paramushir Island, the largest of the Kuril Islands. The cone has a 700-m-wide, 300-m-deep crater. A valley extends from a low point in the crater rim down to the coast on the NW flank.
Fuss Peak forms a peninsula on the SW coast of Paramushir Island, the largest of the Kuril Islands. The cone has a 700-m-wide, 300-m-deep crater. A valley extends from a low point in the crater rim down to the coast on the NW flank. · Photo: Photo by Yoshihiro Ishizuka, 2000 (Hokkaido University). · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Russia
Region
Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions / Kuril Volcanic Arc
Elevation
1742m
Coordinates
50.267, 155.246
Last eruption
1854
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
Geological summary

Fuss Peak forms a peninsula that lies across a low isthmus on the SW coast of Paramushir Island in the northern Kuriles. This isolated symmetrical andesitic stratovolcano has a 700-m-wide, steep-walled crater that is 300 m deep. A deep notch cuts the NW rim of the crater to the level of the crater floor, at the head of a canyon that reaches the coast. Well-preserved lava flows occupy the middle and lower flanks, particularly on the E and SE sides. Only one unambiguous recorded eruption, in 1854 CE, is known; reports of eruptions in 1737, 1793, 1857, and 1859 are false (Gorshkov, 1970). Murayama (1987) also listed an eruption in 1742 (only earthquakes and a tsunami are cited by Sapper, 1917) and "smoke" emission in 1933.

From Wikipedia

Fuss Peak is an active stratovolcano located on the southwest coast of Paramushir Island, Kuril Islands, Russia.

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Eruption history

Summary (VEI over time)
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5340 BCE~5098 BCE · 2 eruptions · max VEI 34855 BCE~4613 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 13885 BCE~3643 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 23158 BCE~2916 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 31946 BCE~1703 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 11703 BCE~1461 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 31206~1448 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 31691~1933 · 3 eruptions · max VEI 35340 BCE3643 BCE1703 BCE6 BCE1691

Detailed timeline

  1. 1933VEI ?Geological estimate
    1933 – Ongoing
  2. 1854VEI 3Observed
    1854-07-05 – Ongoing
  3. 1742VEI ?Geological estimate
    1742 – Ongoing
  4. 1250VEI 3Geological estimate
    1250 – Ongoing
  5. 1590 BCE (±70 yrs)VEI 3Geological estimate
    BCE 1590 – Ongoing
  6. 1850 BCEVEI 1Geological estimate
    BCE 1850 – Ongoing
  7. 3150 BCEVEI 3Geological estimate
    BCE 3150 – Ongoing
  8. 3850 BCEVEI 2Geological estimate
    BCE 3850 – Ongoing
  9. 4850 BCEVEI 1Geological estimate
    BCE 4850 – Ongoing
  10. 5250 BCEVEI 2Geological estimate
    BCE 5250 – Ongoing
  11. 5340 BCE (±30 yrs)VEI 3Geological estimate
    BCE 5340 – Ongoing

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