Karpinsky Group

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Country Russia
Volcanic Region Kuril Volcanic Arc
Landform | Volc Type Composite | Complex
Last Known Eruption Unknown - Unrest / Holocene
Coordinates 50.1419°N, 155.3847°E
Elevation 1,326 m (4,350 ft)
Volcano Number 290350
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General Information

Eruptive History

There is data available for 0 confirmed eruptive period.

[ 1952 Nov 5 ] Discredited Eruption

This event was most likely a hydrothermal explosion or simply strong degassing due to the system being changed by the earthquake. Report from Gorshkov (1970, p. 93-94): "The first cone lies on the east slope of Karpinskii Ridge, near its crest and at the top of a wide glacial cirque (1 in Fig. 23). Resting against the side of the ridge, this cone is well formed only in its eastern half. The diameter of the crater, which is open to the northwest, reached almost 300 m; within it lies a small inner horseshoe-shaped cone. Near the northeast wall of the outer crater a dense cloud of gases with a temperature at its edge of 148° (1953) is emitted from an opening reminiscent of an explosion crater. The activity of the fumarole at the time of our visit to the volcano in 1953 had strongly increased relative to 1946 when we first visited this place. In 1946 there was a cluster of not very strong fumaroles here. Apparently the strengthening of the activity was related to the strong earthquake of November 5, 1952, following which the inhabitants of Cape Vasil'ev on Paramushir saw a column of dark-colored gases rising above the volcano."

Synonyms and Subfeatures

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Smithsonian Sample Collections Database

There are no samples for Karpinsky Group in the Smithsonian's NMNH Department of Mineral Sciences Rock and Ore collection.

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