Black Volcano
North Kuril city district, Sakhalin region, Russia.
Description:
Black volcano is an active stratovolcano located on the island of Chirpa, in the middle of the Great Range of the islands of the Kuril archipelago.
Stratovolcano Black has a peak crater, its height is 624 meters. It is located in the central part of the island.
The last recorded eruptions occurred on the volcano in 1712 and 1857. At the moment, the volcano recorded strong thermal and fumarole activity directly in the crater and on its western slope.
The volcano is named after the Russian centurion Ivan Cherny, who described the islands of the Black Brothers group in 1770.
Flora and fauna here is rather scarce and is represented mainly by grassy vegetation, thickets of cedar stlanica and birds nesting here, dead ends and cormorants.