Volcanoes are solid natural formations that appeared on the surface of the earth's crust as a result of natural phenomena. Ashes, gases, loose rocks and lava are all products of natural volcanic construction. At the moment there are thousands of volcanoes on the whole planet. Some of them are active, while others are considered extinct. The largest of the extinct, Ojos del Salado is on the border of Argentina and Chile. The height of the champion reaches 6893 meters.
There are also large volcanoes in Russia. In total, there are more than a hundred natural buildings that are located on Kamchatka and the Kuril Islands.
Below is a rating - the largest volcanoes in Russia .
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Sarychev volcano 1496 meters
Sarychev volcano opens the top ten largest volcanoes on the territory of the Russian Federation. It is located on the Kuril Islands. Its name was given in honor of the domestic hydrograph Gabriel Andreevich Sarychev. This is one of the most active volcanoes to date. Its feature is short-lived, but powerful eruptions. The most significant eruption occurred in 2009, during which ash clubs reached a height of 16 kilometers and spread to a distance of 3 thousand kilometers. At present, strong fumarolic activity is observed. The Sarychev volcano reaches a height of 1496 meters.
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Karymskaya Hill 1468 meters
Karymskaya Hill is an active and one of the most active stratovolcanoes of the Eastern ridge. Its height reaches 1468 meters. The diameter of the crater is 250 meters, and the depth is 120 meters. The last eruption of the Karymskaya Sopka was recorded in 2014.Simultaneously with the active stratovolcano, as a rule, erupt - Shiveluch, Klyuchevskaya hill, Nameless. It's a fairly young volcano that has not yet reached its maximum size.
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Shishel 2525 meters
Shishel is classified as extinct volcanoes, the last eruption of which is unknown. It, like the Ichinsky hillock, is part of the Sredinny Range. The height of Shishel is 2525 meters. The diameter of the crater is 3 kilometers, and the depth is about 80 meters. The area occupied by the volcano is 43 square meters, and the volume of igneous material is about 10 km³.In height, it is considered to be the largest volcanoes of our country.
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Volcano Avacha 2741 meter
Volcano Avacha is one of the active and large volcanoes of Kamchatka. The height of the summit is 2741 meters, and the diameter of the crater reaches 4 kilometers, in depth - 250 meters. During the last eruption, which occurs in 1991, there were two powerful explosions, and the crater cavity was completely filled with lava, formed the so-called lava plug. Avacha was attributed to the most active volcanoes of the Kamchatka Territory. Avachinskaya Sopka is one of the most visited by geologists because of its relative accessibility and ease of ascent, which does not require special equipment or training.
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Shiveluch Volcano 3307 meters
Shiveluch volcano is one of the largest and most active volcanoes, whose height is 3307 meters above sea level. It has a double crater that formed during the eruption. The diameter of one is 1700 m, the other is 2000 m. The strongest eruption was recorded in November 1964, when ash was thrown out to a height of 15 km, and then volcanic products spilled over a distance of 20 km. The eruption of 2005 was devastating for the volcano and reduced its height by more than 100 meters. The last eruption is January 10, 2016.Shiveluch threw a column of ash, whose height reached 7 kilometers, and the ash plume spread to 15 km in the district.
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Koryakskaya volcano 3456 meters
The Koryak volcano is one of the ten largest volcanoes in Russia. Its height reaches 3456 meters, and the top is visible for several tens of kilometers. The diameter of the crater is 2 kilometers, the depth is relatively small - 30 meters. It is an active stratovolcano, the last eruption of which was observed in 2009.At the moment, only fumarolic activity is noted. For all time of existence there were only three powerful eruptions: 1895, 1956 and 2008.All the eruptions were accompanied by small earthquakes. As a result of the earthquake of 1956, a huge crack formed in the body of the volcano, the length of which reached half a kilometer, and the width of 15 meters. For a long time volcanic rocks and gases were thrown out of it, but then the crack was covered with small debris.
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Kronotskaya hill 3528 meters
Kronotskaya volcano is a volcano of the Kamchatka coast, whose height reaches 3528 meters. The active stratovolcano has a vertex in the form of a regular ribbed cone. Cracks and holes to this day exude hot gases - fumaroles. The last most active fumarolic activity was recorded in 1923.Lava and ash eruptions are extremely rare. At the foot of a natural structure, the diameter of which reaches 16 kilometers, there are majestic forests and Kronotsky Lake, as well as the famous Valley of Geysers. The top of the volcano, covered with a glacier, is visible at a distance of 200 km. Kronotskaya hill is considered to be the most picturesque volcanoes in Russia.
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Ichinskaya volcano 3621 meter
Ichinskaya volcano - the volcano of the peninsula of Kamchatka is one of the three largest volcanoes of Russia in height, which is 3,621 meters. Its area is about 560 square meters, and the volume of erupted lava is 450 km3.Ichinsky volcano is part of the Sredinny Range, and is currently showing fumarolic weak activity. The last eruption was recorded in 1740.Since the volcano has undergone partial destruction, the altitude in some places today is only 2800 m.
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Tolbachik 3682 meters
Volcanic massif Tolbachik is considered to be a group of Klyuchevsky volcanoes. It consists of two merging stratovolcanoes - Ostry Tolbachik( 3682 m) and Flat Tolbachik or Tuluach( 3140 m).Sharp Tolbachik is considered to be extinct stratovolcano. Flat Tolbachik is an active stratovolcano, the last eruption of which began in 2012 and continues to this day. Its peculiarity is a rare, but long-lasting activity. In total there are 10 eruptions of Tuluac. The diameter of the crater of the volcano is about 3000 meters. Volcanic massif Tolbachik occupies the second place of honor in height, after the Klyuchevsky volcano.
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Klyuchevskaya hill 4900 meters
Klyuchevskaya hill is the oldest active volcano on the territory of Russia. Its age is estimated at seven thousand years, and the altitude ranges between 4,700-4,900 meters above sea level. Has 30 side craters. The diameter of the summit crater is about 1250 meters, and its depth is 340 meters. The last eruption of the giant was observed in 2013, and its height reached 4835 meters. The volcano has 100 eruptions all the time. Klyuchevskaya hill is called a stratovolcano, since it has a regular conical shape.