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Country: | Russia | |
| Subregion Name: | Kuril Islands | ||
| Volcano Number: | 0900-17= | ||
| Volcano Type: | Stratovolcano | ||
| Volcano Status: | Historical | ||
| Last Known Eruption: | 1914 | ||
| Summit Elevation: | 891 m | 2,923 feet | |
| Latitude: | 46.83°N | 46°50'0"N | |
| Longitude: | 151.75°E | 151°45'0"E | |
| Goriaschaia Sopka is a young, historically active lava dome at the SW end of Simushir Island in the central Kuriles. The dome is located within a large horseshoe-shaped crater cutting the NW flank of the older Igla Mountain somma volcano. A low saddle separates Igla Mountain from Milne, a large stratovolcano immediately to the SE. Numerous fresh lava flows with prominent marginal levees extend from the Goriaschaia Sopka dome; some reached the sea, where they created an irregular shoreline. The andesitic dome may have formed as recently as the late-19th century. Historical activity, consisting dominantly of mild-to-moderate explosive eruptions, has occurred since 1842. | |||
