Volcanodle
Puzzle #1 was Krasheninnikov.
The late Pleistocene to Holocene Krasheninnikov volcano is comprised of two overlapping stratovolcanoes within a 9 x 10 km Pleistocene caldera. Young lava flows from summit and flank vents descend both into the caldera and down its outer flanks, and older flows that covered much of the SE caldera rim extended downslope at least 7 km.
Read about it at the Global Volcanism Program →
Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution
What the record says
Puzzle 1 ran on 10 Jul 2026 and the answer was Krasheninnikov, played with 6 guesses against 8 columns. On the record: Country - Russia; Region - Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions; Type - caldera; Tectonic setting - subduction; Elevation - 1500-3000; Last eruption - 21st-century; Rock type - basalt; Historically observed - observed.
Beyond the grid the record adds Largest recorded eruption - VEI 4; Holocene eruptions recorded - 32 eruptions.
Volcanodle builds its record from Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution (Venzke, E. (ed.), Volcanoes of the World, volcano.si.edu). The description above comes from the same place the game credits on every reveal: A verbatim excerpt of the volcano's GVP Geological Summary. The puzzle itself is still playable in the archive, and every answer that has been and gone is listed on the past-answers page.
How it scored
- Country
- Russia
- Region
- Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Type
- caldera
- Tectonic setting
- subduction
- Elevation
- 1500-3000
- Last eruption
- 21st-century
- Rock type
- basalt
- Historically observed
- observed
Also on the record
- Largest recorded eruption
- VEI 4
- Holocene eruptions recorded
- 32 eruptions