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Also known as Baransky Volcano, Mount Sashiusu, Sashiusu-dake

Baransky (, Vulkan Baranskogo; , Sashiusu-dake) is a stratovolcano located in the central part of Iturup Island, Kuril Islands, Russia.

Key facts

Mountain.name
Baransky
Mountain.photo
Остров Итуруп. Вулкан Баранского.jpg
Mountain.photo_caption
Baransky volcano in 1990
Mountain.elevation_m
1125
Mountain.location
Iturup, Kuril Islands, Russia
Mountain.map
Russia Far Eastern Federal District
Mountain.map_caption
Baransky in Russian Far East
Mountain.type
Stratovolcano
Mountain.last_eruption
July 1951

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Baransky (, Vulkan Baranskogo; , Sashiusu-dake) is a stratovolcano located in the central part of Iturup Island, Kuril Islands, Russia.

The volcano is named after Nikolay Baransky, Soviet economic geographer. Its only known eruption occurred in 1951 and was cited as only minor activity.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Baransky” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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