Volcanodle
Puzzle #79 was Zavaritsky.
Zavaritsky volcano consists of a complex of six cinder cones trending NW-SE, and an explosion crater located near the headwaters of the Levaya Avacha River west of the main Eastern Kamchatka volcanic arc. The six cones were formed during an eruption about 2,800 years ago, during which associated lava flows blocked the Levaya Avacha and Ozernaya rivers, forming Lake Vulkanischeskoe along the Ozernaya drainage. The highest cone, Mount Peschanaya, lies near the southern end of the cone group.
Read about it at the Global Volcanism Program →
Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution
What the record says
Puzzle 79 ran on 26 Sep 2026 and the answer was Zavaritsky, played with 6 guesses against 8 columns. On the record: Country - Russia; Region - Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions; Type - pyroclastic-cone; Tectonic setting - subduction; Elevation - 1500-3000; Last eruption - older-Holocene; Rock type - basalt; Historically observed - observed.
Beyond the grid the record adds Largest recorded eruption - VEI 4; Holocene eruptions recorded - 2 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
- pyroclastic-cone
- Tectonic setting
- subduction
- Elevation
- 1500-3000
- Last eruption
- older-Holocene
- Rock type
- basalt
- Historically observed
- observed
Also on the record
- Largest recorded eruption
- VEI 4
- Holocene eruptions recorded
- 2 eruptions