Baransky (russian: Вулкан Баранского, ''Vulkan Baranskogo''; ja, 指臼岳, ''Sashiusu-dake'') is a
stratovolcano
A stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, is a conical volcano built up by many layers (strata) of hardened lava and tephra. Unlike shield volcanoes, stratovolcanoes are characterized by a steep profile with a summit crater and per ...
located in the central part of
Iturup
, other_names = russian: Итуру́п; ja, 択捉島
, location = Sea of Okhotsk
, coordinates =
, archipelago = Kuril Islands
, total_islands =
, major_islands =
, area_km2 = 3139
, length_km = 200
, width_km = 27
, coastline =
, highest_moun ...
Island,
Kuril Islands,
Russia.
The volcano is named after
Nikolay Baransky
Nikolay Nikolayevich Baransky (russian: Николай Николаевич Баранский; – 29 November 1963) was a Soviet economic geographer, founder of Soviet Rayon (Regional) school of economic geography, and corresponding member of ...
, Soviet economic geographer. Its only known eruption occurred in 1951 and was cited as only minor activity.
See also
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List of volcanoes in Russia
References
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Iturup
Stratovolcanoes of Russia
Active volcanoes
Mountains of the Kuril Islands
Volcanoes of the Kuril Islands
Holocene stratovolcanoes
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