Sarychev Peak (russian: вулкан Пик Сарычева, ''Vulkan Sarycheva'', variants: ja, 芙蓉山 ''Fuyō Mountain'',
''Fuyō-san'',
''Fuyō-yama'',
''Fuyo-zan'',
''Huyō San'', ja, 松輪富士 ''Matsuwa-fuji'') is an active
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 p ...
covering almost the entirety of
Matua Island in the
Kuril Islands
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 the ...
,
Russia
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. It is a young, highly symmetrical
stratovolcanic cone. The height of the plume during the 2009 eruption was estimated at .
History
The peak was named after admiral
Gavril Sarychev
Gavril (also Gavriil) Andreyevich Sarychev (russian: Гаврии́л Андре́евич Са́рычев) (1763 — 11 August ( O.S. 30 July) 1831), spelt "Sarichef" in the United States, was a Russian navigator, hydrographer, admiral (1829) a ...
of the
Imperial Russian Navy
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.
2009 eruption
The volcano erupted June 11–21, 2009,
sending out ash plumes. As the volcano is near some of the main air routes between East Asia and North America, there was some disruption to
air traffic
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Th ...
.
During an early stage of the eruption, on June 12, 2009, the
International Space Station
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passed overhead and astronauts photographed the event.
A hole in the overhead clouds, possibly caused by the
shock wave
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from the explosion, allowed a clear view of the
plume and
pyroclastic flow
A pyroclastic flow (also known as a pyroclastic density current or a pyroclastic cloud) is a fast-moving current of hot gas and volcanic matter (collectively known as tephra) that flows along the ground away from a volcano at average speeds of b ...
down the sides of the mountain. A cap-like
pileus cloud is visible atop the rising column.
Sarychev Peak previously erupted in 1760, 1805, 1879, 1923, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1932, 1946, 1954, 1960, 1965, 1976, 1986 and 1989.
Gallery
File:Sarychev Eruption Generates Large Cloud of Sulfur Dioxide.png, The Sulphur Dioxide
Sulfur dioxide (IUPAC-recommended spelling) or sulphur dioxide (traditional Commonwealth English) is the chemical compound with the formula . It is a toxic gas responsible for the odor of burnt matches. It is released naturally by volcanic acti ...
cloud generated by the eruption on 12 June 2009 (in Dobson units).
Image:Sarychev Peak.jpg, Sarychev Peak Volcano erupts June 12, 2009, 22:16:14.
Image:Sarychev Peak - Kuril Islands - 2009 June 14 1.05 pm.jpg, Sarychev Peak, June 14, 2009, 1:05 p.m.
Image:Sarychev Peak - Kuril Islands - 2009 June 14 2.50pm.jpg, Sarychev Peak, June 14, 2009, 2:50 p.m.
Image:Sarychev Peak - Kuril Islands - 2009 June 15 1.45 pm.jpg, Sarychev Peak, June 15, 2009, 1:45 p.m.
Image:Sarychev Peak - Kuril Islands - 2009 June 15 3.35 pm.jpg, Sarychev Peak, June 15, 2009, 3:35 p.m.
See also
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List of volcanoes in Russia
This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Russia.
European Russia
Kamchatka
Volcanoes of the Kamchatka Peninsula of the northwestern Pacific Ocean and the Russian Far East.
Kuril Islands
Volcanoes of the Kuril Islands, in the ...
References
External links
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Matua (island)
Stratovolcanoes of Russia
Active volcanoes
VEI-4 volcanoes
21st-century volcanic events
Articles containing video clips
Holocene stratovolcanoes
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