Ichinsky

Ichinsky (Russian: Ичинский вулкан or Ичинская сопка, Ichinskaya sopka) is a large stratovolcano located in the central part of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. At 3,607 metres (11,834 ft), it is the highest peak of the Sredinny Range, the central range of the peninsula. Ichinsky is also among the largest volcanoes in Kamchatka, with a volume of about 450 cubic kilometres (110 cu mi).

Ichinsky
Highest point
Elevation	3,596 m (11,798 ft)
Prominence	3,125 m (10,253 ft) Ranked 75th
Listing	Ultra
Coordinates	55°40′42″N 157°43′06″E
Geography
Ichinsky Location in Kamchatka Krai, Russia
Location	Kamchatka, Russia
Parent range	Sredinny Range
Geology
Rock age	Pleistocene–Holocene
Mountain type	Stratovolcano
Last eruption	1740

The volcano is capped by a 3-by-5-kilometre (2 by 3 mi) summit caldera, within which rise two lava domes which are the highest peaks. The entire summit area is covered by a substantial ice cap, and several large glaciers descend the flanks of the cone. There is ongoing fumarolic activity within the caldera.

A dozen more dacite and rhyodacite lava domes are found on the flanks of the volcano below the caldera rim. Basaltic and dacitic lava flows extand form the lower flanks, some as long as 10–15 kilometres (6.2–9.3 mi).

See also

• List of volcanoes in Russia
• List of ultras of Northeast Asia

References

Sources

• "Ichinsky". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
• Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, Kamchatka: Ichinsky
• Sviatlovskii, A. E. (Aleksandr Evgenevich) (1959). Aтлас Вулканов СССР / Atlas of Volcanoes of the USSR. Moskva: Izd-vo Akademii nauk SSSR. p. 176 pp. (in Russian, with brief English summaries)
• Fedotov, S. A.; Masurenkov, Yu. P., eds. (1991). Действующие Вулканы Камчатки / Active Volcanoes of Kamchatka. Moskva: Izd-vo Nauka. Vol. 1, 304 pp. and Vol. 2, 416 pp. ISBN 5-02-003377-4. (in Russian, with English summaries)