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Golovnin ( ja, 泊山, ''Tomari-yama''; russian: Головнин) is a 
caldera
A caldera ( ) is a large cauldron-like hollow that forms shortly after the emptying of a magma chamber in a volcano eruption. When large volumes of magma are erupted over a short time, structural support for the rock above the magma chamber is ...
located in the southern part of Kunashir Island
, other_names = kz, Kün Ashyr; ja, 国後島
, location = Sea of Okhotsk
, locator_map = File:Kurily Kunashir.svg
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, archipelago = Kuril Islands
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, Kuril Islands
The Kuril Islands or Kurile Islands (; rus, Кури́льские острова́, r=Kuril'skiye ostrova, p=kʊˈrʲilʲskʲɪjə ɐstrɐˈva; Japanese: or ) are a volcanic archipelago currently administered as part of Sakhalin Oblast in the ...
, Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...
. It is the southernmost volcano of the Kuril Islands.
It is named after Russian explorer Vasily Golovnin
Vasily Mikhailovich Golovnin ( Russian: Василий Михайлович Головнин; , Gulyniki, Ryazan Oblast – , Saint Petersburg) was a Russian navigator, Vice Admiral, and corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences ...
.
See also
*List of volcanoes in Russia
This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Russia.
European Russia
Kamchatka
Volcanoes of the Kamchatka Peninsula of the northwestern Pacific Ocean and the Russian Far East.
Kuril Islands
Volcanoes of the Kuril Islands, in the nor ...
References
* Kunashir Island Calderas of Russia Calderas of Japan Active volcanoes Volcanoes of the Kuril Islands Pleistocene calderas Holocene calderas {{SakhalinOblast-geo-stub