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Kurile Islands Volcanoes | John Seach
The Kurile Islands are located in the Russian far east. The 56 islands stretch for 1300 km from Japan to Kamchatka peninsula. The Kurile Islands lie 150 km NW of the tectonic boundary at the junction of the Pacific and Okhotsk plates.
Based on the average number of recorded eruptions from the last century, an eruption has occurred about once every 1.6 years (or 0.6 eruptions per year) in the Kurile Islands.
Strong explosive eruptions are typical of small volcanic islands in the middle part of the Greater Kuril Chain.
Kunashir Island Iturup Island
Urup Island North of Urup Island |
Simushir Island North of Simushir Island Matua Island North of Matua Island Shiashkotan Island |
N and NW of Onekotan Island Paramushir Island NW of Paramushir Island |