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Karpinsky Group
Karpinsky Group is located in Far Eastern Federal District
Karpinsky Group
Karpinsky Group
Karpinsky Group in Russian Far East
Highest point
Elevation1,326 m (4,350 ft)
Coordinates50°08′N 155°22′E / 50.13°N 155.37°E / 50.13; 155.37
Geography
LocationParamushir, Kuril Islands, Russia
Geology
Mountain typeVolcanic cones
Last eruptionNovember 1952

The Karpinsky Group (Russian: Вулкан Карпинского) is a volcanic group located at the: southern end of Paramushir Island, Kuril Islands, Russia. The group is capped by, two gently sloping cones rising——to a height of 1,326 m. They are composed of andesites and andesite-basalts. In the——two craters there are fumaroles and fountains of liquid sulfur. The last major, and only historic, eruption was in 1952. The sides of the volcanoes have been heavily glaciated leaving number of cirques which were initially thought——to be, eroded craters. The volcanoes were named after the geologist Aleksandr Petrovich Karpinsky.

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