Shirinki volcano
shirinki island, Kuril Islands, Sakhalin region
Description:
The island on which the volcano stands is its main mass. The base area is about three by three kilometers.
The volcano is a regular neat cone-shaped mound consisting of various rocks of andesites. The height of the elevation does not even reach 1000 meters. At the top of the volcano is a crater dotted with rocks and cracks. Its diameter is about 450 meters.
The slopes of Shirinka are disfigured by small cracks, depressions and flows of frozen lava. Some streams reached the sea, but there is no evidence of a volcanic eruption. Scientists can only assume the obvious facts surrounding the hill from all sides. There is speculation that the volcano is not young, and appeared more than a million years ago on the site of another ancient volcano.