Tao-Rusyr Caldera

Tao-Rusyr Caldera
Onekotan Island, with Nemo Peak at top (north) and Tao-Rusyr Caldera at bottom.
Highest point
Elevation1,325 m (4,347 ft)
Prominence1,325 m (4,347 ft)[1]
ListingRibu
Coordinates49°21′N 154°42′E / 49.35°N 154.70°E / 49.35; 154.70
Geography
Tao-Rusyr Caldera is located in Russia
Tao-Rusyr Caldera
Tao-Rusyr Caldera
Tao-Rusyr Caldera is located in Sakhalin Oblast
Tao-Rusyr Caldera
Tao-Rusyr Caldera
Tao-Rusyr Caldera (Sakhalin Oblast)
Geology
Mountain typeStratovolcano / Caldera
Last eruptionNovember 1952

Tao-Rusyr Caldera (Russian: Тао-Русыр) is a stratovolcano located at the southern end of Onekotan Island, Kuril Islands, Russia. It has 7.5 km wide caldera formed during a catastrophic eruption less than 10,000 years ago (reported ages range from 5,550 to 9,400 Before Present). The waters of Kol'tsevoe Lake (Russian: Кольцевое озеро, Ring Lake) fill the caldera, along with a large symmetrical andesitic cone, Krenitsyn Peak (Russian: Креницын; Japanese 黒石山; Kuroishiyama), that rises as an island within the lake. This volcano was named after Captain Pyotr Krenitsyn of the Imperial Russian Navy.

Topographic map of Onekotan Island with Tao-Rusyr Caldera at bottom
  1. ^ "Japanese Archipelago - World Ribus". worldribus.org. 25 February 2023.

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