Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky

Kuntomintar volcano

shiashkotan island, Kuril Islands, Sakhalin region

Description:

Kuntomintar is formed by the type of layered volcanoes. It looks like a cone-shaped mound, which consists of various rocks. Basalt and andesite are mainly found. From the satellite, the volcano looks like an eight or glasses. Its height is about 800 meters. Its location is quoted in the heart of the Nikonov Peninsula.

At the top of Kuntomintar is a huge crater. The hole is filled with glaciers and snow.

There is very little history of this volcano. Many scientists speculated that Kuntomintar erupted in 1872. The explosion was so powerful that it completely destroyed a nearby village of local residents. But this data is false. The village was destroyed by an eruption from another volcano.

There are suggestions that the last eruption really Kuntomintar occurred in 1927. But again, there is no exact evidence of this.

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