Volcanodle
Puzzle #25 was Gorely.
Gorely volcano consists of five small overlapping stratovolcanoes constructed along a WNW-ESE line within a large 9 x 13 km caldera. The caldera formed about 38,000-40,000 years ago accompanied by the eruption of about 100 km3 of tephra. The massive complex includes about 40 cinder cones, some of which contain acid or freshwater crater lakes; three major rift zones cut the complex.
Read about it at the Global Volcanism Program →
Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution
What the record says
Puzzle 25 ran on 3 Aug 2026 and the answer was Gorely, 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 3; Holocene eruptions recorded - 53 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 3
- Holocene eruptions recorded
- 53 eruptions