Demon (russian: Демон; ; ja, 神威岳, translit=Kamui-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 at the northern end 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, in the

Kuril Archipelago The Kuril Islands or Kurile Islands (; rus, Кури́льские острова́, r=Kuril'skiye ostrova, p=kʊˈrʲilʲskʲɪjə ɐstrɐˈva; Japanese: or ) are a volcanic archipelago currently administered as part of Sakhalin Oblast in th ...

. The Ilya Muromets Waterfall (Rakkibetsu Waterfall) falls abruptly from the eastern slope of the volcano into the Pacific Ocean.

In popular culture

*The Demon Volcano undergoes a VEI 7 eruption in Kirov series novel 9 Days Falling.

References

* Iturup Volcanoes of the Kuril Islands Mountains of the Kuril Islands Stratovolcanoes of Russia Holocene stratovolcanoes Holocene Asia {{SakhalinOblast-geo-stub