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Data from the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution
Details for: Raususan [Mendeleev]
Raususan on the southern part of Kunashir Island towers above the village of Yuzhno-Kurilsk. Steam plumes are visible rising from geothermal wells on the NW flanks, one of several geothermal fields across the volcano. The edifice seen in this view is within a 6-7 km wide caldera. Photo by Alexander Rybin, 2001 (Institute of Marine Geology and Geophysics, Yuzhno-Sakhalin).
Volcano Number:
290020
Volcano Name:
Raususan [Mendeleev]
Country:
Japan - administered by Russia
Volcano Type:
Stratovolcano
Last Eruption:
1880 CE
Elevation:
882m
Tectonic Setting:
Subduction zone / Intermediate crust (15-25 km)
Pop. within 5km:
236
Pop. within 10km:
1783
Pop. within 30km:
3527
Pop. within 100km:
114486
Latitude:
43.979
Longitude:
145.733
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Raususan, also known as Mendeleev, is a low compound stratovolcano located in the southern part of Kunashir Island. The dominantly andesitic-dacitic volcano is cut by two nested calderas, the larger 6-7 km in diameter and the smaller 3-3.5 km. A central cone that formed inside the younger caldera was breached to the west by a large debris avalanche about 4200 years ago. A lava dome that grew inside the avalanche scarp forms the 888 m high point of the volcano. Additional lava domes in the northern part of the older caldera are considered to represent flank activity of the younger caldera. The only unambiguous historical eruption was a small phreatic explosion in 1880. Four solfatara fields lie at the eastern and northern flanks of the central cone, and a geothermal field is located outside the caldera along the eastern coast.
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