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The Kurile Lake caldera erupted 41,500 years ago, and another small eruption occurred between 9,000 and 10,000 years ago; then in 6460–6414 BCE, a very large eruption took place, forming the present-day caldera and the Kurile Lake ignimbrite and depositing ash as far as 1,700 kilometres (1,100 mi) away.
The Kuril Islands or Kurile Islands [a] are a volcanic archipelago administered as part of Sakhalin Oblast in the Russian Far East. [1] The islands stretch approximately 1,300 km (810 mi) northeast from Hokkaido in Japan to Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia, separating the Sea of Okhotsk from the north Pacific Ocean .
Tao-Rusyr Caldera (Russian: Тао-Русыр) is a stratovolcano located at the southern end of Onekotan Island, Kuril Islands, Russia.It has 7.5 km wide caldera formed during a catastrophic eruption less than 10,000 years ago (reported ages range from 5,550 to 9,400 Before Present).
Kurile Lake is recognized as the biggest spawning-ground for sockeye in Eurasia. [26] In response to pressure from poaching and to worldwide decreases in salmon stocks, some 24,000 square kilometres (9,300 sq mi) along nine of the more productive salmon rivers are in the process of being set aside as a nature preserve.
Ozyornaya (Russian: Озёрная, lit. ' Lake-river ') is a river in the Kamchatka Krai of Russia.It originates in Lake Kurile and flows west to the Sea of Okhotsk. [1]The length of the river is 48 km (30 mi), and the area of the drainage basin is 1,030 km 2 (400 sq mi). [1]
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; GPX (all coordinates) ... Kurile Lake: 81: 266 6440 BC Leutongey: 1333: 4373 ...
The Kamchatka-Kurile meadows and sparse forests ecoregion (WWF ID: PA0603) covers the coastal zones of the Kamchatka peninsula, northern section of the Kuril Islands, and the Commander Islands in the Russian Far East. The region noted for its sparse forests of Betula ermanii ("Stone birch"), and also for extensive tall-herb meadows.
Greater Kuril Chain (Russian: Большая Курильская гряда) - a part of the Kuril Islands [1] - is a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean.It includes North Kurils, Iturup and Kunashir.