Grozny Group (also Grozny Volcano) is a
complex volcano located in the central part of
Iturup
, other_names = russian: Итуру́п; ja, 択捉島
, location = Sea of Okhotsk
, coordinates =
, archipelago = Kuril Islands
, total_islands =
, major_islands =
, area_km2 = 3139
, length_km = 200
, width_km = 27
, coastline =
, highest_moun ...
Island,
Kuril Islands
The Kuril Islands or Kurile Islands (; rus, Кури́льские острова́, r=Kuril'skiye ostrova, p=kʊˈrʲilʲskʲɪjə ɐstrɐˈva; Japanese: or ) are a volcanic archipelago currently administered as part of Sakhalin Oblast in the ...
, controlled by
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...
, and claimed by
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
. There is an ongoing eruption there.
There are at least two named volcanoes:
* Japanese: 小田萌山 ''Odamoi yama''
* Japanese: 焼山 ''Yake-yama'' Russian: Иван Грозный Volcan Ivan Grozny
See also
*
List of volcanoes in Russia
*
List of volcanoes in Japan
Notes
There is not an ongoing eruption there.
References
*
Iturup
Active volcanoes
Complex volcanoes
Volcanoes of the Kuril Islands
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