Eruption of Chirpoi

When

11 Nov 2012 – 18 Oct 2016

Kind

Volcanic eruption

Coordinates

46.53° N, 150.87° E

Vei

0

Vent

Snow

Dated by

Observations: Reported

Volcano number

290150

Eruption number

20756

Islands in the Kuril Island chain

Chyornye Bratya is a pair of uninhabited volcanic islands between Simushir and Urup in the Kuril Islands chain in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean. The larger (northern) of the two is Chirpoy, and the smaller (southern) is Brat Chirpoyev. The origin of the names is uncertain: the original Ainu language name of the island was Repunmosir, a word meaning “place of many small birds”.

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