Golovnin

Volcano in the Kuril Islands

Golovnin

Highest point
Elevation	535 m (1,755 ft)
Coordinates	43°50′28′′N 145°30′32′′E / 43.841°N 145.509°E / 43.841; 145.509
Geography
Golovnin is located in Far Eastern Federal District Golovnin Golovnin Golovnin in Russian Far East
Location	Kunashir, Kuril Islands, Russia/Japan
Geology
Mountain type	Lava domes / Caldera
Last eruption	1848

Golovnin (Japanese: 泊山, Tomari-yama; Russian: вулкан Головнина) is a caldera located in the southern part of Kunashir Island, Kuril Islands, Russia/Japan. It is the southernmost volcano of the Kuril Islands.

The Russian name is given after the Russian explorer Vasily Golovnin.

Golovnin Volcano

An eruption was confirmed in 1848.^[1] It is not ranked as an active volcano by the Japan Meteorological Agency.Tomariyama Volcanic activity since recorded history

References

^ "Global Volcanism Program | Tomariyama [Golovnin]". Smithsonian Institution | Global Volcanism Program.

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Islands	Antsiferov Island Atlasov Island Awos Broutona Chirinkotan Chyornye Bratya Ekarma Habomai Islands Harimkotan Iturup Ketoy Kunashir Lowuschki Rocks Makanrushi Matua Onekotan Paramushir Polonsky Island Raikoke Rasshua Shiashkotan Shikotan Shumshu Simushir Ushishir Urup
Volcanoes	Antsiferov Island Alaid Atsonupuri Baransky Berutarube Bogatyr Ridge Chikurachki Chirinkotan Chirip Chyornye Bratya Demon Ebeko Ekarma Fuss Peak Golets-Torny Group Golovnin Goryashchaya Sopka Grozny Group Harimkotan Ivao Group Karpinsky Group Ketoy Kolokol Group Kuntomintar Lomonosov Group Lvinaya Past Medvezhya Mendeleyeva Milna (volcano) Nemo Peak Prevo Peak Raikoke Rasshua Rudakov Sarychev Peak Sinarka Smirnov Srednii Tao-Rusyr Caldera Tyatya Tri Sestry Uratman Ushishir Vernadskii Ridge Zavaritski Caldera
Other geographical features	Bussol Strait Ilya Muromets Waterfall Kasatka Bay Cape Koritsky Kuril–Kamchatka Trench
Cities and towns	Kurilsk Severo-Kurilsk Yuzhno-Kurilsk
Events	Menashi–Kunashir rebellion Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875) Russo-Japanese War Hawaii Operation Invasion of the Kuril Islands Battle of Shumshu Japanese evacuation of Karafuto and the Kuril Islands Kuril Islands dispute Seaboard World Airlines Flight 253A
People	Ainu people William Robert Broughton Vasily Golovnin Takadaya Kahei Mikhail Lukyanov Matsumae clan Maarten Gerritszoon Vries

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