Sarychev Peak

Sarychev Peak

Infobox Mountain
Name=Sarychev Peak
Photo=Matua.jpg
Caption= Sarychev Peak on Matua Island, looking south from Raikoke.
Elevation= Convert|1496|m|ft|0|abbr=on
Location=Matua, Kuril Islands, Russia
Prominence = Convert|1496|m|ft|0|abbr=on
Coordinates = coord|48.092|N|153.20|E|type:mountain
Topographic

Type=Stratovolcano
Age=
Last eruption=1989
First ascent=
Easiest route=

Sarychev Peak is a volcano covering almost the entirety of Matua Island in the Kuril Islands, Russia. It is a young, highly symmetrical stratovolcanic cone.

This peak was named after explorer and hydrographer Gavril Sarychev of the Imperial Russian Navy (1763 - 1831).

References

* [http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0900-24= Global Volcanism Program]


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