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Kamchatka and Russian Far East volcanoes

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Alaid

Alaid is the highest and northernmost volcano of the Kuril Islands, a basaltic stratovolcano forming uninhabited Atlasova Island off southern Kamchatka, with its last confirmed eruption in 2022.

Avachinsky

Avachinsky (Avacha volcano), an active Kamchatka stratovolcano near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, 2,717 m, last erupted 2001; over 150 Holocene explosive eruptions, some VEI 5, after a 30,000–40,000-year-old sector collapse.

Bakening

Bakening (Бакенинг), also known as Kamchatka Peak, is an andesitic stratovolcano rising to 2,278 m on the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, about 100 km from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.

Dzenzursky

Dzenzursky (Dzenzur, Igorevsky Volcano), eroded Pleistocene compound stratovolcano, 2,285 m, Eastern Kamchatka, Russia; no confirmed historical eruptions, only fumarolic and hydrothermal activity; Volcano Number 300110.

Gora Burun-Shibertuy

Gora Burun-Shibertuy (Гора Бурун-Шибертуй) is a 2,242 m mountain in the Chikokon Range, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia; distinct from the village Shibertuy in Buryatia and from Barun-Shabartuy (2,519 m).

Gora Golets-Oblachnyy

Gora Golets-Oblachnyy (Гора Голец-Облачный), a mountain in the Stanovoi Range, Ayano-Maysky Rayon, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia; elevation reported as 1,422 m (PeakVisor) or 1,575 m (Peakbagger), isolation 71.4 km.

Gora Khuvkhoitun

Gora Khuvkhoitun (Хувхойтун), also called Khuvkhoitun, is a late-Pleistocene extinct complex stratovolcano on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, the highest peak of the northern Sredinny Range at 2,618 m with 1,920 m prominence, an ultra peak with no Holocene eruptions.

Gora Tardoki-Yani

Gora Tardoki-Yani (Гора Тордоки-Яни), also Tordoki-Yani, is the highest peak of the Sikhote-Alin in Nanai district, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, about 2,090 m, with glacial cirques, alpine tundra, and a notable arctic-alpine bryophyte flora.

Kambalny

Kambalny (Камбальный, Kambalnaya Sopka), southernmost stratovolcano of Kamchatka, Russia, 2,116 m; long dormant, it produced its first historical phreatic eruption in March 2017, VEI 3, with ash plumes to 7 km drifting 2,000 km.

Khangar

Khangar (Hangar, Вулкан Хангар) is a 1,967 m stratovolcano with a lake-filled Holocene caldera, the southernmost volcano of Kamchatka's Sredinny Range; its VEI 6 eruption about 7,000 years ago produced the KHG marker tephra, and its last dated eruption was around 1500 CE.

Kizimen

Kizimen is an isolated, conical stratovolcano in Kamchatka, Russia, at the eastern Central Kamchatka Depression. Formed about 12,000 years ago in four cycles, it erupted in 1927-28 and from 2010 to 2013 (VEI 3), with dacite-andesite magma mixing.

Komarov

Komarov: a dormant stratovolcano (2,065–2,070 m) on the Gamchen ridge, Kamchatka, last erupting around 950 CE, and an 80.43-km lunar crater named for cosmonaut Vladimir M. Komarov.

Koryaksky

Koryaksky (Koryakskii, Корякский вулкан) is a 3,456 m basaltic-andesite stratovolcano in the Avacha group, Kamchatka, near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky; about 60 Holocene eruptions, historical activity in 1895, 1926, 1956–57, and a 2008–2009 activation.

Kronotsky

Kronotsky Volcano (Кроноцкая сопка), the "Fuji of Kamchatka," is a 3,482 m basaltic stratovolcano on Kamchatka's Pacific coast, the Eastern Volcanic Front's largest edifice, with extremely low-K tholeiitic lavas and Holocene eruptions dated by tephra.

Ledyakaya

Ledyakaya, more commonly spelled Ledyanaya (Ледяная, "Icy"), is a glacier-capped peak in the Koryak Mountains of the Russian Far East and the range's highest point at 2,562 m.

Mt. Ostry Tolbachik

Mt. Ostry Tolbachik (Острый Толбачик), 3,682 m, is the extinct sharp-topped stratovolcano of the Tolbachik massif in Kamchatka, Russia, beside active Plosky Tolbachik; its summit collapsed about 7,000 years ago.

Opala

Opala (Опала, Opalskaya Sopka) is an active stratovolcano-caldera complex in southern Kamchatka, Russia, 2,439-2,475 m high, known for its 40,000-year-old caldera, the 1400 cal BP rhyolite eruption, and OP marker tephra.

Ostry

Ostry (Ostraya, Ostriy), GVP 300680, is a dormant 2,552 m stratovolcano in the northern Sredinny Range, central Kamchatka, Russia; last eruption about 2050 BCE from flank Cone X; distinct from Ostry Tolbachik.

Pik Aborigen

Pik Aborigen (Пик Абориген), summit in the Bolshoy Anngachak range, Chersky system, Magadan Oblast, Russia; long cited at 2,586 m, revised to about 2,286-2,287 m; first climbed 1957 by P. Z. Demant; regional nature monument since 2017.

Pik BAM (HP Kodar)

Pik BAM (Пик БАМ), 3,072 m, is the highest peak of the Kodar Ridge and of Zabaykalsky Krai, Transbaikalia, Siberia; first climbed 26 July 1963 by Chita alpinists led by A. I. Kuzminykh and named for the Baikal-Amur Mainline builders.

Pik Mus-Khaya

Pik Mus-Khaya (Мус-Хая, Муус Хайа, "Ice mountain") is a 2,959 m ultra-prominent peak in Yakutia, Russia, highest summit of the Suntar-Khayata Range, second highest in Yakutia, with Northeast Siberia's largest glaciated area.

Skalistyy Golets

Skalistyy Golets (Гора Скалистый Голец) is the name of two mountains in eastern Russia, including the 2,519 m highest point of the Kalar Range in Zabaykalsky Krai.

Spokoiny

Spokoiny, also known as Kutina, is a dacitic stratovolcano in the northern Sredinny Range of central Kamchatka, Russia, rising 2,171 m and dormant since 3450 BCE.

Taunshits

Taunshits (Вулкан Тауншиц) is an andesitic stratovolcano, 2,301 m, on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula west of Uzon caldera; its western flank collapsed about 8,000 years ago in a Mount St. Helens-like directed blast, and its last eruption dates to about 550 BCE.

Vilyuchinsky

Vilyuchinsky (Vilyuchik) is a 2,173 m Pleistocene-to-Holocene stratovolcano south of Avachinsky Bay, Kamchatka, Russia; last erupted about 8050 BCE (VEI 2), now eroded by rain-triggered landslides, within the Volcanoes of Kamchatka UNESCO World Heritage site.