Fuss Peak
Fuss Peak is an active stratovolcano located on the southwest coast of Paramushir Island, Kuril Islands, Russia.
History
The volcano was discovered in 1805 during the First [Russian circumnavigation|first Russian circumnavigation of the Earth] and named in honor of a Swiss mathematician Nicolas Fuss, who served as the permanent secretary to the Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg.Only one unambiguous eruption, in 1854, is known. Fuss Peak is still active.