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Volcano in the Kuril Islands For other uses, see Golovnin (surname).

Golovnin

Highest point
Elevation	535 m (1,755 ft)
Coordinates	43°50′28″N 145°30′32″E / 43.841°N 145.509°E / 43.841; 145.509
Geography
GolovninGolovnin in Russian Far East
Location	Kunashir, Kuril Islands, Russia/Japan
Geology
Mountain type	Lava domes / Caldera
Last eruption	1848

Golovnin (Japanese: 泊山, Tomari-yama; Russian: вулкан Головнина) is a caldera located in the southern part of Kunashir Island, Kuril Islands, Russia/Japan. It is the southernmost volcano of the Kuril Islands.

The russian name is given after the Russian explorer Vasily Golovnin.

References

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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