Volcanodle
Puzzle #17 was Kuttara.
The Kuttara volcanic group consists of a series of small stratovolcanoes, lava domes, pyroclastic cones, and a caldera near the Pacific coast SE of Toya caldera and SW of Shikotsu caldera. The Kuttara group was constructed during five major eruptive stages, the first of which occurred more than 60,000 years ago. A major dacitic pumice eruption at the end of the 4th stage about 40,000 years ago resulted in the formation of the 3-km-diameter Kuttara caldera.
Read about it at the Global Volcanism Program →
Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution
What the record says
Puzzle 17 ran on 26 Jul 2026 and the answer was Kuttara, played with 6 guesses against 8 columns. On the record: Country - Japan; Region - Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions; Type - stratovolcano; Tectonic setting - subduction; Elevation - 500-1500; Last eruption - older-Holocene; Rock type - basalt; Historically observed - observed.
Beyond the grid the record adds Largest recorded eruption - VEI 1; Holocene eruptions recorded - 3 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
- Japan
- Region
- Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Type
- stratovolcano
- Tectonic setting
- subduction
- Elevation
- 500-1500
- Last eruption
- older-Holocene
- Rock type
- basalt
- Historically observed
- observed
Also on the record
- Largest recorded eruption
- VEI 1
- Holocene eruptions recorded
- 3 eruptions