The volcano is located in the northern part of Paramushir Island, 7 km to the west-north-west from Severo-Kurilsk.

The complicated volcano belongs to the type of “Somma-Vesuvy” and is nested on the volcanic ridge of Vernadsky. Somma 3-5 km in diameter is destroyed. The summit of the central cone extending in the meridional direction has three adjoining craters with diameters 250-300 m and depths 70-100 m. There are a lot of flank craters with centers of fumarolic and hydrothermal activity.

Potential hazards are caused by ash plumes, ash falls, lahars, clouds of sulphuretted hydrogen and sulphureous gas.

Ash plumes (up to 5 km a.s.l.) of the volcano are dangerous to airport in Severo-Kurilsk and local airlines.

Ash falls possible at:

Severo-Kurilsk (7 km to the east-south-east from the volcano)
Ozernovskiy (90 km to the north-north-east)

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