Raikoke

E141996

Raikoke is an uninhabited volcanic island in the central Kuril Islands chain, known for its dramatic stratovolcano and powerful explosive eruptions.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Raikoke canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf stratovolcano ⓘ
volcanic island ⓘ
accessibleBy boat ⓘ
archipelago Kuril Islands ⓘ
area approximately 4.6 km² ⓘ
ashPlumeImpact aviation ⓘ
stratospheric aerosol loading ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
craterDiameter approximately 700 m ⓘ
elevation 551 m ⓘ
about 1808 ft ⓘ
eruptionStyle explosive ⓘ
formedBy subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the Okhotsk Plate ⓘ
hasCrater circular crater ⓘ
hasJapaneseName Raikō-tō ⓘ
hasNoPermanentPopulation true ⓘ
hasRussianName Раикоке ⓘ
hasSheerCoastline true ⓘ
hasSteepCliffs true ⓘ
hasVegetation sparse ⓘ
hasVolcanoType stratovolcano ⓘ
hasWildlife marine mammals nearby ⓘ
seabirds ⓘ
hazardType pyroclastic activity ⓘ
volcanic ashfall ⓘ
volcanic gas emissions ⓘ
islandGroup central Kuril Islands ⓘ
linked to: Kuril Islands
lastEruption 2019 ⓘ
length about 2.5 km ⓘ
locatedIn Far Eastern Federal District ⓘ
Kuril Islands ⓘ
North Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Sakhalin Oblast ⓘ
Sea of Okhotsk ⓘ
monitoredBy satellite remote sensing ⓘ
volcanological observatories ⓘ
notableEruption 1778 eruption ⓘ
1924 eruption ⓘ
2019 Raikoke eruption ⓘ
partOf Kuril Islands chain disputed historically between Russia and Japan ⓘ
sovereignState Russian Federation ⓘ
linked to: Russia
summitCrater open to the sea on the northwest side ⓘ
tectonicSetting subduction zone ⓘ
uninhabited true ⓘ
usedBy seabird nesting colonies ⓘ
volcanicArc Kuril–Kamchatka volcanic arc ⓘ
volcanicExplosivity capable of high-altitude ash plumes ⓘ
width about 2.0 km ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kuril Islands → hasVolcano → Raikoke ⓘ
Raikō-tō → otherName → Raikoke ⓘ