Chirinkotan Volcano

 

Chirinkotan is an uninhabited volcanic island located in the Kuril Island chain in the northwest Pacific Ocean. It has had no permanent habitation. The island rises approximately 3,000 metres from the Sea of Okhotsk and is approximately 6 square kilometres in area.

Location:	Kuril Islands, Russia
Coordinates:	48.981848, 153.493024
Volcano Type:	Stratovolcano

 

Chirinkotan’s Location

 

Chirinkotan’s Latest Status

2024: Not Active, Alert Level 1 Status.

 

Chirinkotan’s Eruptive History

2022	October: Ash eruption
2021	August: Multiple eruptions with ash rising to almost 3km.
2017	Ash plume at 6.7 km altitude recorded. Shortly after, a small plume was recorded at 3.7 km altitude drifting SE.
2014-15	More eruptive activity
1986	Eruption plume reaching 800m observed
1979-80	Moderate eruptive phase, with flank lava flows and ash plumes

 

Chirinkotan Monitoring

For monitoring of this volcano, please refer to SVERT

 

Chirinkotan Images