Demon (; ; ) is a

stratovolcano A stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, is a typically conical volcano built up by many alternating layers (strata) of hardened lava and tephra. Unlike shield volcanoes, stratovolcanoes are characterized by a steep profile with ...

located at the northern end of

Iturup Iturup (; ), also historically known by #Names, other names, is an island in the Kuril Archipelago separating the Sea of Okhotsk from the North Pacific Ocean. The town of Kurilsk, administrative center of Kurilsky District, is located roughly mi ...

Island, in the

Kuril Archipelago The Kuril Islands or Kurile Islands are a volcanic archipelago administered as part of Sakhalin Oblast in the Russian Far East. The islands stretch approximately northeast from Hokkaido in Japan to Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia, separating the ...

. 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