A fact from Kurile Lake appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 16 December 2016 ( check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that Kurile Lake is the site of the largest volcanic eruption of Holocene Kamchatka and one of the largest in the Holocene, spreading ash to a distance of 1,700 kilometres (1,100 mi)? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2016/December. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kurile Lake.

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There is a dispute about whether the 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora was larger than that of Kurile Lake. Gertisser, R.; Self, S. (July 2015). "The great 1815 eruption of Tambora and future risks from large-scale volcanism" (PDF). Geology Today. 31 (4): 133. doi: 10.1111/gto.12099. is currently used as a source for the claim that Kurile Lake had the larger eruption. KMTRAGER says otherwise, referring to "some other sources". I know that eruption volume estimates are often contentious but I'd like to see reliable sources presented. Jo-Jo Eumerus ( talk) 09:43, 17 November 2020 (UTC) reply

Another source that I've found was the Kurile Lake's Ilinsky eruption had an estimate volume of about 140-170 km³ (33-40 cu mi) while the volume of 1815 Tambora eruption had an estimate volume of 175-213 km³ (41-51 cu mi) with a VEI of 7 ranking one of the largest holocene eruptions comparable to the other large holocene explosive eruptions. This is the source that I've found http://www.kscnet.ru/ivs/bibl/vulk/kuozero/Pon-KurileLake.pdf KMTRAGER ( talk) 14:54, 13 January 2021 (UTC) reply