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Kuntomintar

Highest point
Elevation	828 m (2,717 ft)
Coordinates	48°45′N 154°01′E / 48.75°N 154.02°E / 48.75; 154.02
Geography
KuntomintarKuntomintar in Russian Far East
Location	Shiashkotan, Kuril Islands, Russia
Geology
Mountain type	Stratovolcano / Hydrothermal field
Last eruption	Unknown
Climbing
First ascent	?
Easiest route	?

Kuntomintar (Russian: Кунтоминтар) is a Pleistocene andesitic stratovolcano located at the southern end of Shiashkotan Island, Kuril Islands, Russia. Kumtomintar is a high point on a small volcanic ridge with mellow slopes on all side except the north west side. The mountain is home to many steep drainages, waterfalls, and some small ponds. The volcano consists of a central cone that fills a 4-4.5 km caldera and its crater is at 1280 feet, is below the main peak, on the north west side, some periods of time hot water drains from the crater into the ocean via creek. A second caldera is situated on the west side and is breached to the west.

In 1872, an Ainu village was reportedly destroyed by an eruption, but it was later found to be located near Sinarka volcano (Gorshkov, 1970). Kuntomintar has only exhibited continuous solfataric activity since the postglacial period, originating from the east wall of the inner caldera and a nearby hot sulfur spring.

References

"Kuntomintar". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
Gorshkov G S, 1970. Volcanism and the Upper Mantle; Investigations in the Kurile Island Arc. New York: Plenum Publishing Corp, 385 p

v t e Kuril Islands
Islands	Antsiferov Island Atlasov Island Awos Broutona Chirinkotan Chyornye Bratya Ekarma Habomai Islands Iturup Ketoy Kharimkotan Kunashir Island Lowuschki Rocks Makanrushi Matua Onekotan Paramushir Polonsky Island Raikoke Rasshua Shiashkotan Shikotan Shumshu Simushir Ushishir Urup
Volcanoes	Alaid Atsonupuri Baransky Berutarube Bogatyr Ridge Chikurachki Chirinkotan Chirip Chirpoi Demon Ebeko Ekarma Fuss Peak Golets-Torny Group Golovnin Goryashchaya Sopka Grozny Group Ivao Group Karpinsky Group Ketoi Kharimkotan Kolokol Group Kuntomintar Lomonosov Group Lvinaya Past Medvezhya Mendeleyeva Milna (volcano) Nemo Peak Prevo Peak Raikoke Rasshua Rudakov Sarychev Peak Shirinki Sinarka Smirnov Srednii Tao-Rusyr Caldera Tyatya Tri Sestry Uratman Ushishur 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 Matsumae clan Maarten Gerritszoon Vries

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