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Data from the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution
Details for: Raikoke
Raikoke Island, seen here from the SE, lies 50 km SW of Shiashkotan Island and 16 km across the Golovnin Strait to the NE of its closest neighboring volcano on Matua Island. The island is only 2 x 2.5 km wide and rises about 550 m above the ocean; a submarine terrace is at a depth of 130 m. A catastrophic eruption in 1778 prompted the first volcanological investigation in the Kuril Islands two years later. Photo by Yoshihiro Ishizuka, 2000 (Hokkaido University).
Volcano Number:
290250
Volcano Name:
Raikoke
Country:
Russia
Volcano Type:
Stratovolcano
Last Eruption:
2019 CE
Elevation:
551m
Tectonic Setting:
Subduction zone / Intermediate crust (15-25 km)
Pop. within 30km:
134
Pop. within 100km:
142
Latitude:
48.292
Longitude:
153.25
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A low truncated volcano forms the small barren Raikoke Island, which lies 16 km across the Golovnin Strait from Matua Island in the central Kuriles. The oval-shaped basaltic island is only 2 x 2.5 km wide and rises above a submarine terrace. An eruption in 1778, during which the upper third of the island was said to have been destroyed, prompted the first volcanological investigation in the Kuril Islands two years later. Incorrect reports of eruptions in 1777 and 1780 were due to misprints and errors in descriptions of the 1778 event (Gorshkov, 1970). Another powerful eruption in 1924 greatly deepened the crater and changed the outline of the island. Prior to a 2019 eruption, the steep-walled crater, highest on the SE side, was 700 m wide and 200 m deep. Lava flows mantle the eastern side of the island.
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