Golovnin

Golovnin

Highest point
Elevation	543 m (1,781 ft)
Coordinates	43°50′28″N 145°30′32″E / 43.841°N 145.509°E / 43.841; 145.509
Geography
Location	Kunashir, Kuril Islands, Russia/Japan
Geology
Mountain type	Lava domes / Caldera
Last eruption	1848

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

It is named after Russian explorer Vasily Golovnin.

Golovnin Volcano

References

Kuril Islands
Islands	Antsiferov Island Atlasov Island Awos Broutona Chirinkotan Chyornye Bratya Ekarma Habomai Islands Iturup Ketoy Kharimkotan Kunashir Lowuschki Rocks Makanrushi Matua (island) Onekotan Paramushir 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 Goriaschaia 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 Tiatia Tri Sestry Urataman 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	Battle of Shumshu Evacuation of Karafuto and Kuriles Hawaii Operation Invasion of the Kuril Islands Kuril Islands dispute Menashi–Kunashir rebellion Russo-Japanese War Seaboard World Airlines Flight 253A Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875)
People	Ainu people William Robert Broughton Vasily Golovnin Takadaya Kahei Matsumae clan Maarten Gerritsz Vries
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