Volcano Daddy - fire-breathing mountain Kunashir Island

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Volcano Daddy - three beautiful volcano in the world after Mount Vesuvius and Mount Fuji, located in a remote area of ​​the island Kunashir Kurils.In the language of the indigenous inhabitants of the island Ain name of the mountain Chacha-Napuri translates as "Father Mountain".The Japanese, in a language which is not the letter "h", replaced the syllable "thee" and altered it to sound "daddy."So, two languages, united, unwittingly, gave the good name of the giants - Daddy.

Volcano Daddy - Duplex classic giant has formed andesitic and basaltic lavas.It resembles a two-story cake.The main cone height of 1485 meters dominates the second, the central height of 337 meters.The diameter of the base of the mountain reaches 18 kilometers.

Volcano Daddy, photos are presented in the article, is the unofficial symbol of the island of Kunashir and is often used in the illustrations depicting the Kuril Islands and Kuril reserve, in whose territory the volcano.In 2013, he entered the top 10 characters of the Far Eastern District, having won first place, and is one of the most beautiful places in Russia.

Ancient giant (contemporary volcanologists say that the age of the mountain - twelve thousand years) rises to the northeast of the island.Earth around - deserted, and the reason for that - the volcano Daddy.The eruption, which began in 1973, was so powerful that the ash settled on the island of Shikotan, located 80 kilometers away, and the large village Tyatino been wiped out.Lava flowing down the slope caused the fire in the reserve.The continuing weak activity of fire-breathing mountains is the main reason that the land around the volcano and remain unoccupied.

Dangerous Volcano Daddy and aviation.Unpredictable clouds of toxic emissions, not only from the ground, but also from the side of the crater may have caused the collapse of several helicopters in the past several years.

territory Kuril Reserve and disposed thereon volcano Daddy always attracted tourists.On all sides it is surrounded by water - Reserve washed waves of the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of ​​Okhotsk.The area is overgrown with deciduous and coniferous forests and bamboo shoots.From large animals lodgers these lands are brown bears.According tourists visited the reserve and indigenous people, literally rivers teem with fish of the salmon family, which during the spawning season can be caught by hand.Rich in forests around the volcano and berries.Krasnikov, stone berry, raspberry, blueberries, cranberries, cloudberries will please fans of "quiet" hunting.By the way, thanks to the wealth flowing rivers where salmon and forest - berries, bears on Kunashir always satisfied and happy because of attacks on the person noted.

If we take into account that at the moment the volcano slaboaktiven and largest eruptions occur once in a thousand years, and Daddy Kuril reserve at least another century will delight naturalists, hikers and lovers of extreme sports, without exposing them to the danger of catastrophic releases.