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Also known as Medvezh'ya Gora

Medvezhya (; , 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 within the active hot fumaroles of the volcano in 1994

Key facts

Mountain.name
Medvezhya
Mountain.photo
Medvezhia Caldera (Moyoro Caldera) Relief Map, SRTM-1.jpg
Mountain.elevation_m
1124
Mountain.location
Iturup, Kuril Islands, Russia
Mountain.map
Russia Far Eastern Federal District
Mountain.map_caption
Location in Russian Far East
Mountain.type
Somma volcano
Mountain.last_eruption
October 1999

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Medvezhya (; , 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 within the active hot fumaroles of the volcano in 1994

==See also== Fumarole mineral List of volcanoes in Russia

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

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