What the records say
- When
- 6440 BCE
- Kind
- Volcanic eruption
- Coordinates
- 51.45° N, 157.12° E
- Vei
- 7
- Date uncertainty
- ± 25 years
- Unit
- Tephra layer KO
- Dated by
- Isotopic: 14C (calibrated)
- Volcano number
- 300023
- Eruption number
- 18903
Kurile Lake
Caldera lake in the Kamchatka peninsula, Russia
Kurile Lake is a caldera and crater lake in Kamchatka, Russia. It is also known as Kurilskoye Lake or Kuril Lake. It is part of the Eastern Volcanic Zone of Kamchatka which, together with the Sredinny Range, forms one of the volcanic belts of Kamchatka. These volcanoes form from the subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the Okhotsk Plate and the Asian Plate.
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- Smithsonian GVP Volcanoes of the World: Holocene eruptionsGlobal Volcanism Program, Smithsonian InstitutionSmithsonian terms of use: personal, educational and non-commercial use, with creditGlobal Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution: Volcanoes of the World v5.3, https://doi.org/10.5479/si.GVP.VOTW5-2025.5.3Source page