This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Russia.
European Russia
| Name | Elevation (m) |
Elevation (ft) |
Coordinates | Area | Last eruption |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kazbek | 5033 | 16,512 | 42°31′N 44°19′E / 42.51°N 44.31°E | Caucasus Mountains | 750 BC |
| Elbrus | 5642 | 18,510 | 43°20′N 42°27′E / 43.33°N 42.45°E | Caucasus Mountains | 50 AD |
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 northwestern Pacific Ocean between the Kamchatka Peninsula and Japan.
Other parts of Russia
| Name | Elevation (m) |
Elevation (ft) |
Coordinates | Area | Last eruption |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aluchin | 66°06′N 165°24′E / 66.1°N 165.4°E | Chukchi Peninsula | 1000 AD? | ||
| Anyuyskiy | 1054 | 3,458 | 67°10′27″N 165°50′8″E / 67.17417°N 165.83556°E | Anyuy Mountains | Pleistocene - Holocene? |
| Azas Plateau | 2765 | 9071 | 53°32′N 98°36′E / 53.53°N 98.60°E | west of Lake Baikal | - |
| Balagan-Tas | 993 | 3258 | 66°26′N 143°44′E / 66.43°N 143.73°E | Chersky Range, Siberia | 1775 |
| Jom-Bolok volcanic field | 52°42′0″N 98°58′48″E / 52.70000°N 98.98000°E | west of Lake Baikal | 682-779 CE | ||
| Khulugayshi | 52°00′N 102°30′E / 52°N 102.5°E | west of Lake Baikal | Quaternary | ||
| Oka Plateau | 2077 | 6814 | 53°42′N 98°59′E / 53.70°N 98.98°E | between Irkutsk and Krasnoyarsk | - |
| Tunkin Depression | 1200 | 3937 | 51°30′N 102°30′E / 51.50°N 102.50°E | west of Lake Baikal | Holocene |
| Udokan Plateau | 2180 | 7152 | 56°17′N 117°46′E / 56.28°N 117.77°E | northeast of Lake Baikal | 220 BC |
Example
Annotated view includes Ushkovsky, Tolbachik, Bezymianny, Zimina, and Udina. Oblique view taken on November 16, 2013 from ISS.[1]
References
- Siebert L, Simkin T (2002–present). Volcanoes of the World: an Illustrated Catalog of Holocene Volcanoes and their Eruptions. Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program Digital Information Series, GVP-3 (http://www.volcano.si.edu).
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