Rassua volcano
North Kuril city district, Sakhalin region, Russia.
Description:
Rassua is a currently active volcano located on the eponymous island of Rassua, in the area of the Kuril archipelago, Sakhalin region of the Russian Federation.
Rassua is a complex, pronounced stratovolcano located in the caldera. It is 948 meters high and has two cones in its crater. On the slopes of the volcano is dominated by grassy vegetation, meadows, thickets of alderman and dwarf creeping birch.
Only one eruption of Rassua, in 1846, is known and studied. In 1957, an increase in the activity of fumaroles was noted on its surface. At the moment, fumarole and thermal activity is recorded on the volcano.