Medvezhya
Medvezhya is a volcanic complex located at the northern end of Iturup Island, Kuril Islands, Russia. Rheniite, a rhenium sulfide mineral, was discovered within the active hot fumaroles of the volcano in 1994…| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 1,112 metres
- Description: mountain in Russia
- Also known as: “Gora Moyero”, “Mayoro-dake”, “Medvezh’ya Gora”, “Moshiyoro-dake”, “Moshoro-dake”, “Moyoro Dake”, “Moyoro Yama”, “Moyoro-take”, and “Myorodake”
Medvezhya
- Categories: volcano, extinct volcano, and landform
- Location: Sakhalin Oblast, Russian Far East, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Medvezhya” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Gora Medvezh’ya”
- Chinese: “茂世路岳”
- Dutch: “Medvezja-groep”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل ميدڤيزهيا”
- Italian: “Medvež’ja”
- Italian: “Medvežij”
- Italian: “Moyoro-dake”
- Japanese: “茂世路岳”
- Ladin: “Medvezhya”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Medvezjia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Medvezjia”
- Norwegian: “Medvezjia”
- Persian: “مدوژیا”
- Russian: “Гора Медвежья”
- Russian: “Медвежий вулкан”
- Russian: “Медвежий”
- Russian: “Медвежья гора”
- Ukrainian: “Медвежий (вулкан)”
- Ukrainian: “Медвежий”
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