Karpinsky Group

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Karpinsky Group
Elevation	1,345 metres (4,413 feet)
Location	Paramushir, Kuril Islands, Russia
Coordinates	50.13° N 155.37° E
Type	Volcanic cones
Last eruption	1952

Karpinsky Group is a volcanic group located at the southern end of Paramushir Island, Kuril Islands, Russia. The group is capped by two gently sloping cones rising to a height of 1345 m. They are composed of andesites and andesite-basalts. In the two craters there are fumaroles and fountains of liquid sulfur. The last major, and only historic, eruption was in 1952. The sides of the volcanoes have been heavily glaciated leaving a number of cirques which were initially thought to be eroded craters. The volcanoes were named after the geologist Aleksandr Petrovich Karpinsky.

[edit] References

• Global Volcanism Program
• "Карпинского Вулкан" Great Soviet Encyclopedia;