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Medvezhya

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Mountain type
  
Somma volcano

Last eruption
  
1999

Elevation
  
1,125 m

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Location
  
Iturup, Kuril Islands, Russia

Similar
  
Baransky, Berutarube, Atsonupuri, Grozny Group, Smirnov

Medvezhya (Russian: Медве́жий; Japanese: 茂世路岳, Moyoro-dake) is a volcanic complex located at the northern end of Iturup Island, Kuril Islands, Russia. Rheniite, a rhenium sulfide mineral (ReS2), was discovered and approved in 2004. It is found in active hot fumaroles on the volcano.

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Medvezhya Wikipedia