Chikurachki (russian: Чикурачки; ja, 千倉岳, ''Chikura-dake'') is the highest volcano on Paramushir Island in the northern Kuril Islands. It is actually a relatively small volcanic cone constructed on a high Pleistocene volcanic edifice. Oxidized andesitic scoria deposits covering the upper part of the young cone gives it a distinctive red color. Lava flows from high Chikurachki reached the sea and form capes on the northwest coast; several young

lava flow Lava is molten or partially molten rock (magma) that has been expelled from the interior of a terrestrial planet (such as Earth) or a moon onto its surface. Lava may be erupted at a volcano or through a fracture in the crust, on land or und ...

s also emerge from beneath the scoria blanket on the eastern flank.

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"Vulkan Chikurachki, Russia" on Peakbagger
Stratovolcanoes of Russia Active volcanoes Paramushir Volcanoes of the Kuril Islands {{SakhalinOblast-geo-stub

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