Karpinsky Group

Karpinsky Group
Karpinsky Group Karpinsky Group in Russian Far East
Highest point
Elevation	1,326 m (4,350 ft)
Coordinates	50.13°N 155.37°E / 50.13; 155.37
Geography
Location	Paramushir, Kuril Islands, Russia
Geology
Mountain type	Volcanic cones
Last eruption	November 1952

The Karpinsky Group (Russian: Вулкан Карпинского) is a volcanic group located at the southern end of Paramushir Island, Kuril Islands, Russia. The group is capped by two gently sloping cones rising to a height of 1,326 m. They are composed of andesites and andesite-basalts. In the two craters there are fumaroles and fountains of liquid sulfur. The last major, and only historic, eruption was in 1952. The sides of the volcanoes have been heavily glaciated leaving a number of cirques which were initially thought to be eroded craters. The volcanoes were named after the geologist Aleksandr Petrovich Karpinsky.

See also

• List of volcanoes in Russia

References

• "Karpinsky Group". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
• "Карпинского Вулкан" Great Soviet Encyclopedia;