Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team


The Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team is a Russian national institution dedicated to provide information of any volcanic activity taking place on the Kamchatka Peninsula and the Kuril Islands of Russia that could become a threat to local communities and aviation. It was established in 1993 by the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Volcanic Geology and Seismology under cooperation with the Kamchatkan Branch of Geophysical Survey. The Alaska Volcano Observatory, United States Geological Survey and its affiliates also provide joint efforts to the program. The KVERT website, posted in both Russian and English, allows users to view information on volcanoes in the region and monitor reports of active volcanoes. A section also provides webcameras at select locations that update regularly., around 66 active volcanoes are routinely monitored. The majority of the volcanoes on the Kuril Islands are monitored by the Sakhalin Volcanic Eruption Response Team, which is located in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, but all reports of volcanic activity in the island chain are posted in joint effort on the KVERT website.
The offices for KVERT are located at the Institute of Volcanic Geology and Seismology in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky on the Kamchatka Peninsula.

Monitored volcanoes

The following list shows volcanoes currently monitored by KVERT or SVERT. Many rely on the use of activity detection instruments or satellite and local observations. While the majority of these volcanoes are in remote locations and would only pose a threat to aviation, there are a few that could have an impact on populated communities. Monitored volcanoes are not limited to the ones currently listed, and more may be added in the future if necessary.

Kamchatka Peninsula

Akademia Nauk in the central regionAvachinsky in the central regionBezymianny in the northern regionDiky Greben in the southern regionGamchen in the central regionGorely in the southern regionIchinsky in the northern regionIlyinsky in the southern regionKambalny in the southern regionKarymsky in the central regionKhangar in the central regionKhodutka in the southern regionKikhpinych in the central regionKizimen in the central regionKliuchevskoi in the northern regionKomarov in the central regionKoryaksky in the central regionKoshelev in the southern regionKrasheninnikov in the central regionKronotsky in the central regionKsudach in the southern region Maly Semyachik in the central regionMutnovsky in the southern regionOpala in the southern regionSheveluch in the northern regionTaunshits in the central regionTolbachik in the northern regionUshkovsky in the northern regionVysoky in the central regionZheltovsky in the southern regionZhupanovsky in the central region

Kuril Islands

Antsiferov on Antsiferov IslandAlaid on Atlasov IslandAtsonupuri on Iturup Island Baransky on Iturup IslandBerutarube on Iturup IslandBogatyr Ridge on Iturup Island Bogdan Khmelnitsky on Iturup IslandBrat Chirpoyev on Brat Chirpoyev IslandChikurachki on Paramushir Island Chirinkotan on Chirinkotan IslandChyorny on Chirpoy IslandEbeko on Paramushir IslandEkarma on Ekarma IslandFuss Peak on Paramushir IslandGolovnin on Kunashir IslandGoryashchy on Simushir IslandGrozny Group on Iturup IslandKarpinsky Group on Paramushir IslandKolokol Group on Urup Island Kuntomintar on Shiashkotan IslandMedvezhya Volcanic Group on Iturup Island Mendeleyeva on Kunashir IslandNemo Peak on Onekotan IslandPallas Peak on Ketoy IslandPrevo Peak on Simushir IslandRaikoke on Raikoke IslandRasshua on Rasshua IslandSarychev Peak on Matua IslandSevergin on Kharimkotan IslandSinarka on Shiashkotan IslandSnow on Chirpoy IslandTao-Rusyr Caldera on Onekotan Island Tyatya on Kunashir IslandYankicha in the Ushishir IslandsZavaritski Caldera on Simushir Island