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Golets-Tornyi Group

Golets-Tornyi Group Photo

Country:Russia
Subregion Name:Kuril Islands
Volcano Number:0900-091
Volcano Type: Pyroclastic cones
Volcano Status:Holocene?
Last Known Eruption: Unknown
Summit Elevation: 442 m 1,450 feet
Latitude: 45.25°N 45°15'0"N
Longitude: 148.35°E 148°21'0"E

The small pyroclastic cones of Golets and Tornyi, located SW of Medvezhii volcano at one of the narrowest parts of Iturup Island, formed during the late Pleistocene or early Holocene. A small lava flow from 417-m-high Tornyi cone occupies a broad glacial cirque. The 442-m-high andesitic-dacitic Golets cone, constructed above the eroded remnants of the Pleistocene Parusnaya Mountain volcano, produced lava flows that reached the coast.

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