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'Kurile Lake' () is a large caldera containing a crater lake located in the southern part of Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. It has an area of 77 km², an average depth of 176 m, and a maximum depth of 306 m. It the largest spawning ground for sockeye salmon in Eurasia (if not in the world).

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Further reading

★ Radiocarbon dating of the Kurile Lake caldera eruption (South Kamchatka, Russia), Zaretskaia, N. E. ''et al.'', , , Geochronometria, 2001

★ The 7600 (¹⁴C) year BP Kurile Lake caldera-forming eruption, Kamchatka, Russia: stratigraphy and field relationships, Ponomareva, V. V. ''et al.'', , , Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 2004

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★ Global Volcanism Program